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**Led By Fools** @MHowell@kolektiva.social · Mar 6

Mar 6

Led By Fools @MHowell@kolektiva.social

@hannu_ikonen How did you miss Octavia Butler's book Parable of the Sower in this list?

#OctaviaButler #ParableOfTheTalents #ParableOfTheSower

**Led By Fools** @MHowell@kolektiva.social · Feb 8 *

Feb 8 *

Led By Fools @MHowell@kolektiva.social

We are Led By Fools.

“Choose your leaders
with wisdom and forethought.
To be led by a coward
is to be controlled
by all that the coward fears.
To be led by a fool
is to be led
by the opportunists
who control the fool.
To be led by a thief
is to offer up
your most precious treasures
to be stolen.
To be led by a liar
is to ask
to be told lies.
To be led by a tyrant
is to sell yourself
and those you love
into slavery.”
― Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Talents, 1998

#ParableOfTheTalents #OctaviaButler #Leaders

**Jason William Karpf** @Jason_W_Karpf@mastodon.social · Jan 16

Jan 16

Jason William Karpf @Jason_W_Karpf@mastodon.social

Octavia Butler and her Olivetti—Smithsonian Magazine

Butler’s prescience in the Parable duology has been cited during the SoCal wildfires. Her Olivetti Studio 46 manual typewriter is now a museum piece, literally.

@bookstodon @books @religion #sciencefiction #space #ChristianSciFi #AmWritingSF #secretscifinetwork #ProfessorK #OctaviaButler #ParableOfTheSower #ParableOfTheTalents

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/inventive-prescient-stories-octavia-butler-wrote-herself-into-science-fiction-canon-180985642/

Smithsonian Magazine · Jan 2In Her Inventive and Prescient Stories, Octavia Butler Wrote Herself Into the Science Fiction CanonBy Stephen Kearse

**Stephie** @newstephie@mastodon.social · Jan 14

Jan 14

Stephie @newstephie@mastodon.social

Please read my blog post about Octavia Butler & the LA Fires....

https://newstephie.wordpress.com/2025/01/14/octavia-butler-climate-change-the-la-fires/

#OctaviaButler #History #Literature

**Jill Minor** @jillrhudy@mastodon.social · Oct 7, 2023

Oct 7, 2023

Jill Minor @jillrhudy@mastodon.social

In #ParableOfTheTalents (1998) there is an actual MAGA President named Jarret. Whaaaat #OctaviaInOctober #bookstodon @bookstodon

Kindle screen with text from “The Parable of the Sower” by Octavia Butler that says: “And ‘cultist’ is a great catchall term for anyone who fits into no other large category, and yet doesn’t quite match Jarret’s version of Christianity. Jarret’s people have been known to beat or drive out Unitarians, for goodness’ sake. Jarret condemns the burnings, but does so in such mild language that his people are free to hear what they want to hear. As for the beatings, the tarring-and-feathering, and the destruction of ‘heathen houses of devil-worship,’ he has a simple answer: ‘Join us! Our doors are open to every nationality, every race! Leave your sinful past behind, and become one of us. Help us to make America great again.’ He’s had notable success…” The text “Make America great again” is highlighted.

**Sophie** @Sophie@glammr.us · Feb 18, 2023

Feb 18, 2023

Sophie @Sophie@glammr.us

parody, mentions of violence, fuck the NYT

**lakelady** @lakelady@mstdn.social · Jan 9, 2023

Jan 9, 2023

lakelady @lakelady@mstdn.social

@bookstodon I just finished Parable of the Sower and had to set it aside for awhile as the beginning was so bleak and dark. Is Parable of the Talents the same or is it more hopeful?

Edit - no responses yet and I left out any hashtags so here's a redraft.

#OctaviaButler #ParableOfTheSower #ParableOfTheTalents

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