Archives 1998
Parable of the Talents - Review
By Michele N-K Collison
Jul 16, 2007, 01:08

Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler, Group West, $24.95, 400 pages.

The long-awaited sequel to her Parable of the Sower, this new book continues the adventures of 21st century heroine Lauren Oya Olamina. Since Sower was published; Butler has won a MacArthur Foundation Genius award and several other literary prizes, making her African America's undisputed first lady of science fiction.