Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower, a work of prescient speculative fiction, was published in 1993. Recognition of its significance just keeps growing: it hit the New York Times bestseller list in 2020! You might remember I've used it in several classes,
and have learned that not a few of my colleagues do, too! (I'm the only one paying attention to the novel's creation of a new religion, though.) Last year I got to hear a folk opera based on it. I mention it today because Saturday, July 20, 2024 is the date the story begins.
