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Forced to flee an America where anarchy and violence have completely taken over, empath Lauren Olamina--who can feel the pain of others and is crippled by it--becomes a prophet carrying the hope of a new world and a new faith christened "Earthseed."

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Main Author: Butler, Octavia E. (Author)
Corporate Authors: Recorded Books, LLC, Playaway Digital Audio, Findaway World, LLC
Other Authors: Thigpen, Lynne (Narrator)
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (TBD)
Language:English
Published: [Solon, Ohio] : Prince Frederick, MD : Playaway Digital Audio ; [Distributed exclusively by] Recorded Books, LLC : [Manufactured by] Findaway World, LLC, [2010], p2000.
Edition:Unabridged.
Series:Butler, Octavia E. Earthseed books ; 1.
Subjects:
African American women > Fiction.
Psychic ability > Fiction.
Survival > Fiction.
Teenage girls, Black > Fiction.
Environmental disasters > Fiction.
Twenty-first century > Fiction.
California > Fiction.
Afrofuturist fiction.
Dystopian fiction.
Apocalyptic fiction.
Science fiction.
Audiobooks.
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Summary:Forced to flee an America where anarchy and violence have completely taken over, empath Lauren Olamina--who can feel the pain of others and is crippled by it--becomes a prophet carrying the hope of a new world and a new faith christened "Earthseed."
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Previously released by Recorded Books, LLC, p2000.
Issued on Playaway, a dedicated media audio player.
One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for playback.
Sequel: Parable of the talents.
Physical Description:1 sound media player (12 hr.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
ISBN:9781449842284
Author Notes:Science-fiction writer and novelist Octavia Estelle Butler was born in Pasadena, California, on June 22, 1947. She earned as Associate of Arts degree from Pasadena City College in 1968 and later attended California State University and the University of California.

Her first novel, Patternmaster, was the first in a series about a society run by a group of telepaths who are mentally linked to one another. She explored the topics of race, poverty, politics, religion, and human nature in her works. She won a Hugo Award in 1984 for her short story Speech Sounds and a Hugo Award and Nebula Award in 1985 for her novella Bloodchild. She received a MacArthur Grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The award pays $295,000 over a five-year period to creative people who push the boundaries of their fields. She died in Lake Forest Park, Washington on February 24, 2006 at the age of 58.

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