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Parable of the Sower (Earthseed) (Updated Edition) by Octavia E. Butler Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2000 ISBN-10: 0-446-67550-4 / 0446675504 ISBN-13: 978-0-446-67550-5 / 9780446675505 Set in the 2020s where society has largely collapsed due to climate change, growing wealth inequality, and corporate greed, Parable of the Sower centers on a young woman named Lauren Oya Olamina who possesses what Butler dubbed hyperempathy or "sharing" - the ability to feel pain and other sensation |