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Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the sower Cover Image Book Book

Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the sower / a graphic novel adaptation by Damian Duffy and John Jennings ; introduction by Nalo Hopkinson.

Duffy, Damian, (author.). Butler, Octavia E. Graphic novelization of (work): Parable of the sower. (Added Author). Jennings, John, 1970- (artist.). Hopkinson, Nalo, (writer of introduction.). Butler, Octavia E., (creator.).

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  • ISBN: 9781419731334
  • ISBN: 1419731335
  • Physical Description: v, 266 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 25 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Abrams ComicArts, 2020.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Based on the novel Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler, copyright © 1993"--Title page verso.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction / Nalo Hopkinson -- 2024 -- 2025 -- 2026 -- 2027 -- About Octavia E. Butler -- About the adaptor and the artist -- Acknowledgements -- For further reading.
Summary, etc.:
In the year 2024, the country is marred by unattended environmental and economic crises that lead to social chaos. Lauren Olamina, a preacher's daughter living in Los Angeles, is protected from danger by the walls of her gated community. However, in a night of fire and death, what begins as a fight for survival soon leads to something much more: a startling vision of human destiny . . . and the birth of a new faith.

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Genre: Graphic novels.
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520 . ‡aIn the year 2024, the country is marred by unattended environmental and economic crises that lead to social chaos. Lauren Olamina, a preacher's daughter living in Los Angeles, is protected from danger by the walls of her gated community. However, in a night of fire and death, what begins as a fight for survival soon leads to something much more: a startling vision of human destiny . . . and the birth of a new faith.
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