Manuscripts

Parable of the Talents: novel

Description: 1 item. Note: formerly enclosed with "Parable of the Talents: novel: 2035 version."
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1996.
Call number: mssOEB
Creator: Butler, Octavia E(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of the Estate of Octavia E. Butler, August 2008 and July 2017.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.; SEALED: OEB 5370: sealed until December 31, 2042. OEB 5374: sealed until December 31, 2063. OEB 5660 and OEB 8714: sealed until December 31, 2043.

The Bulletin of the Science Fiction Writers of America

Manuscripts

1 item. Enclosed with: Butler, Octavia E. Parable of the Talents: novel: excerpt for Nebula anthology, 2000, OEB 2030, catalogued separately.

mssOEB

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Parable of the Sower: novel

Manuscripts

9 items. Note: formerly enclosed with a version with the earlier title "Justice."

mssOEB

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Butler, Octavia E. Parable of the Talents: novel: final revised version

Manuscripts

MS. (printout: 484p.); 28cm. With the author's autograph corrections. Also: printout, 1p., cover design. Note: The following note written on the former box "Parable of the Talents Final (revision) version Sent to Seven Stories Press (Dan Simon) July 15, 1998."

OEB 2028A-2028C

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Parable of the talents : a novel

Rare Books

"Parable of the Talents celebrates the classic Butlerian themes of alienation and transcendence, violence and spirituality, slavery and freedom, separation and community, to astonishing effect, in the shockingly familiar, broken world of 2032. Long awaited, Parable of the Talents is the continuation of the travails of Lauren Olamina, the heroine of 1994's Nebula-Prize finalist, bestselling Parable of the Sower. Parable of the Talents is told in the voice of Lauren Olamina's daughter--from whom she has been separated for most of the girl's life--with sections in the form of Lauren's journal. Against a background of a war-torn continent, and with a far-right religious crusader in the office of the U.S. presidency, this is a book about a society whose very fabric has been torn asunder, and where the basic physical and emotional needs of people seem almost impossible to meet"--

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Parable of the Talents: Locus

Manuscripts

1 item. Also: Parable of the Sower, Wild Seed, "Speech Sounds."

mssOEB

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Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the talents : a graphic novel adaptation

Rare Books

"Set against a background of a war-torn continent under the control of a Christian fundamentalist fascist state, Parable of the Talents is a modern masterpiece that resonates powerfully. This graphic novel adaptation is brought to life thrillingly by Damian Duffy and John Jennings, the creative team behind the #1 New York Times bestselling adaptation of Kindred"--Publisher description.

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