Parable of the Talents (Grand Central Publishing, Paperback, august 2019) But what begins as a fight for survival soon leads to something much more: the birth of a new faith. Precocious and clear-eyed, Lauren must make her voice heard in order to protect her loved ones from the imminent disasters her small community stubbornly ignores. In a society where any vulnerability is a risk, she suffers from hyperempathy, a debilitating sensitivity to others’ emotions. Fifteen-year-old Lauren Olamina lives inside a gated community with her preacher father, family, and neighbors, sheltered from the surrounding anarchy. When global climate change and economic crises lead to social chaos in the early 2020s, California becomes full of dangers, from pervasive water shortage to masses of vagabonds who will do anything to live to see another day. Butler “pairs well with 1984 or The Handmaid’s Tale” (John Green, New York Times) This highly acclaimed post-apocalyptic novel of hope and terror from award-winning author Octavia E. Watch the full trailer below.Parable of the Sower (Grand Central Publishing, Paperback, aPRIL 2019) Aside from “Kindred,” she’s also known for the 2005 vampire novel “Fledging” and the “Patternist,” “Lilith’s Brood,” and “Parable” series.Īll eight episodes of “Kindred” Season 1 will premiere December 13 on Hulu.
Over the course of her career, she won several Hugo Awards and Nebula Awards and made history as the first sci-fi writer to receive a MacArthur Fellowship. The author, who published her first stories in the ’70s and died in 2006, was one of the most acclaimed science fiction writers of her era and one of the most prominent Black authors working in the genre. This is the first screen adaptation of any of Butler’s work. The series is produced by FX Productions. “Zola” director Janicza Bravo executive produced and helmed the pilot. Jacobs-Jenkins executive produces with “The Americans” creators Joe Weisberg and Joel Fields, Courtney Lee-Mitchell, Jules Jackson, and filmmaker Darren Aronofsky and Ari Handel for Protozoa Pictures.
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