I saw this book while at my local Barnes & Nobel, called Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler. What I expected was a cheap sci-fi novel that could keep me entertained through the weekend, instead I was entertained and enlightened all at the same time.

Of course, it's about a girl named Lauren, and she lives inside a walled-in community (Set in the future, of course). Outside the walls are rapists, murderers, crazy people, and druggies. And the foundation of a religion…

The most humorous part of the book was the new, futuristic drug, called pyro. It enables the addict to get orgasmic pleasure out of watching things burn. Now that's a drug.

At times the book is sad, the whole book is sad actually, but that doesn’t stop the reader from gaining some new insight on life.

And about the enlightenment, well, you have to read the book. Has anyone else read this?

Why, I live it daily! :D

It's good, isn't it? Depressing as hell but fascinating.

There's a sequel called "Parable of the Talents" which isn't quite as good.

Yes, very good. It started out as a typical cliché sci-fi novel, but then turned around once she left the neighborhood and started running into fellow refugees. The fact that she's an empath, gives her a different flavor than most scifi character that I've read about.

I'm glad I bought it. The $6.99, minus member discount, minus employee discount, was worth it.

Sequels are never good.

hmmm I am planning to make a spending spree at B&N, I'll look it up

You really should, it's worth it. It's now one of my favorite books.

May be an excellent literary item, given you respectable dudes' comments.

Wish I weren't traversing the Nine academic Hells right at this very moment.

If not for that, I might have the time to enjoy something other than the grueling documentations and textual analyses of meaningless films like Rashoman and Sunset Boulevard and every Dogme 95 piece of trash ever concocted by the sick minds of Denmark (not that I enjoy them to begin with).



Oh, look at the time! It's 12:07 am. Time to review a five minute clip of THe Matrix in order that I won't be totally oblivious when I present a 15 minute spiel on it tomorrow at 9:00 am...

... or today, rather. *gulp*




My life is over.