Really enjoyed this review and the Ubik one as well. I love hearing people's interpretations, it's like an online book club! I agree the resemblance to today's world is eerie, Octavia didn't pull her lunches so the violence is visceral but also very realistic. A film/TV adaptation would be interesting. I'd love to hear your thoughts on any other books you've been reading, in this genre especially. This is a long shot, but if you're up for a different take on sci-fi, The Wall Around Eden by Joan Slonczewski is underrated in my opinion. General premise is that a nuclear war wrecks the atmosphere, but some towns/cities are enclosed in domes by elusive, silent, angelic aliens. The book is set 20 years after in a small town, and the new generation want to break free and ascertain the aliens' motivations.
Really liked this thoughtful review! Have you read Parable of the Talents? I found it really challenged my feelings about Lauren and Earthseed from reading the first book. Not a sequel that nicely raps up the story at all; left me very unsatisfied/regretful (in an interesting way).
I just finished it the other day! I totally agree that it forces you to consider Lauren from a very different perspective. Personally, I liked the ending, but you’re right that it does leave you a bit sad and with a lot to think about
To me this is a follow-up to the Bible's prediction of tribulation at the end of mankind. Very prophetic. So happy I am on the path of Trust and Obey the God of the Bible, for the glory of Jesus Christ
I hadn't seen it that way before, but you make a great point. It makes more sense to me now that Lauren has Earthseed come to her, it's like the world has come to the end of the Bible so a new text is needed for humanity to continue. It's much scarier to think that the natural disasters, hellfire (pyro) and torture at the end would come from other humans, as opposed to demons or God's direct wrath... (I'm not religious so I may have misinterpreted the Bible here.)
Good review. And pleasant to listen to. Thanks for further sharing the insight about a black woman fleeing north.
Really enjoyed this review and the Ubik one as well. I love hearing people's interpretations, it's like an online book club! I agree the resemblance to today's world is eerie, Octavia didn't pull her lunches so the violence is visceral but also very realistic. A film/TV adaptation would be interesting. I'd love to hear your thoughts on any other books you've been reading, in this genre especially.
This is a long shot, but if you're up for a different take on sci-fi, The Wall Around Eden by Joan Slonczewski is underrated in my opinion. General premise is that a nuclear war wrecks the atmosphere, but some towns/cities are enclosed in domes by elusive, silent, angelic aliens. The book is set 20 years after in a small town, and the new generation want to break free and ascertain the aliens' motivations.
Really liked this thoughtful review!
Have you read Parable of the Talents? I found it really challenged my feelings about Lauren and Earthseed from reading the first book. Not a sequel that nicely raps up the story at all; left me very unsatisfied/regretful (in an interesting way).
I just finished it the other day! I totally agree that it forces you to consider Lauren from a very different perspective. Personally, I liked the ending, but you’re right that it does leave you a bit sad and with a lot to think about
To me this is a follow-up to the Bible's prediction of tribulation at the end of mankind. Very prophetic. So happy I am on the path of Trust and Obey the God of the Bible, for the glory of Jesus Christ
I hadn't seen it that way before, but you make a great point. It makes more sense to me now that Lauren has Earthseed come to her, it's like the world has come to the end of the Bible so a new text is needed for humanity to continue. It's much scarier to think that the natural disasters, hellfire (pyro) and torture at the end would come from other humans, as opposed to demons or God's direct wrath... (I'm not religious so I may have misinterpreted the Bible here.)