On Parable of the Talents (clearly I am not over this book)

[nagasasu]

Octavia Butler's Parable of the Talents has always baffled me.  1) because the book seems to be ignored by and large in favor of its preceding novel, Parable of the Sower, 1b) it is also ignored in academia, with pretty much every other Butler book getting a number of papers dedicated to them, and yet Talents remains woefully unlooked at.  Or when

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[th3f4113n]

I have no idea what those books are about, but it's so refreshing to see you talking about books so passionately. :3

[nagasasu]

I highly recommend anything by Octavia Butler! All her books are available through the local public library.

[wendelah1]

I don't have anything helpful to say about the book; it's been too long since I last looked at it. Maybe I'll try to get them out once I'm done with the six books I'm in the middle of now. She's a wonderful writer and well-worth rereading.

So ok, fine, there is a whole field of study about narration, but I'm going to be a shitty academic and not learn myself into competency in this topic. I also fully acknowledge the level of meta/critical theory required to understand narration is beyond me.

I have confidence that if you truly need critical theory for your academic work, you'll put in the time and effort to learn it.

But there is one error in your post (and maybe in the article?). Her papers were left to The Huntington Library, a private institution which is in San Marino, California, not the city of Huntington Beach. (I know this only because my husband and I are members and it was announced in the members' newsletter that they had acquired Butler' papers.)

[nagasasu]

Ack, thanks for the correction. Revised!