Octavia E. Butler - A magvető példázata

We are writing 2024: climate change is causing unbearable damage worldwide, epidemics, wars and permanent water shortages are affecting humanity. On the outskirts of Los Angeles, gated communities protected by armed forces are trying to stay safe from looters who kill without thinking for their survival. Lauren Olamina lives in one of these communities with her family. His father is a pastor, and he fights with others to preserve the dignity of humanity and the values ​​that once made us great. While her father tries to keep his church on the right track, Lauren struggles with hyperempathy - a rare disorder that causes her to become extremely sensitive to the physical pain of others. One day, looters break into the community, and what everyone feared happens: they have to leave their home behind and flee to a no-man's land ruled by wolf laws. Lauren heads north with the survivors and eventually becomes their leader; moreover, during the journey, the basis of a new world of faith is formulated in it, which can mean survival for all of humanity. Octavia E. Butler's 1993 and now classic dystopia becomes more and more relevant every year. The Parable of the Sower has inspired countless writers and is considered one of the most important modern works of the genre - its influence is well illustrated by the fact that it became a New York Times Bestseller in 2020, twenty-seven years after its publication.