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Parable of the Sower
- De: Octavia E. Butler
- Narrado por: Lynne Thigpen
- Duración: 12 h
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God is change. That is the central truth of the Earthseed movement, whose unlikely prophet is 18-year-old Lauren Olamina. The young woman's diary entries tell the story of her life amid a violent 21st-century hell of walled neighborhoods and drug-crazed pyromaniacs - and reveal her evolving Earthseed philosophy. Against a backdrop of horror emerges a message of hope: if we are willing to embrace divine change, we will survive to fulfill our destiny among the stars.
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Dystopia before dystopia was cool...
- De Amber en 05-28-14
- Parable of the Sower
- De: Octavia E. Butler
- Narrado por: Lynne Thigpen
People recommended this book so many times - and wow(!) for a good reason. Now one of my all-time favorites!
Revisado: 05-26-25
Octavia Butler has created a world and characters that fascinate. Apocalyptic, often including hard-to-hear descriptions of life in a “future” U.S. that is suffering climate change and social breakdown. Yet, shimmering with wisdom (in the form of “Earth Seed” philosophy and due to the main character’s deep thought and gathered wisdoms). A tale of the importance of community mindedness and kindness and yet with an unflinching, real-world clear vision to the wrongs that humans often do to one another. The language is beautiful yet unfussy. I couldn’t stop listening! The performance was superb! Wow! Just wow to the whole experience. Now one of my favorite books and characters ever.
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Abundance
- De: Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson
- Narrado por: Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson
- Duración: 7 h y 14 m
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To trace the history of the twenty-first century so far is to trace a history of unaffordability and shortage. After years of refusing to build sufficient housing, America has a national housing crisis. After years of limiting immigration, we don’t have enough workers. Despite decades of being warned about the consequences of climate change, we haven’t built anything close to the clean-energy infrastructure we need. Ambitious public projects are finished late and over budget—if they are ever finished at all.
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Advice to the Democratic Party from Klein & Thompson
- De Betsy Fowler en 03-31-25
- Abundance
- De: Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson
- Narrado por: Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson
Hard AND healing truths for my wounded liberal soul. Onward to Abundance!
Revisado: 04-06-25
This. Is. So. Good.
Hard AND healing truths that gave me a new frame of reference to think about what is happening in the current moment.
I learned a tremendous amount about what was previously very puzzling and unclear to me. Namely, why “liberal” prosperous places that were putting major money toward the “right” projects aimed at improving inequalities in housing, healthcare, mass transportation and schooling were failing to make positive changes despite huge amounts of money being spent.
This book scratched an itch that was calling to me from the depths of my mind. Having been quite struck by an episode of the Hidden Brain podcast on the neuroscience of scarcity complex many years ago I’d been watching myself and others make poor decisions when we felt scarcities grip (it’s proven neuroscience - check out the episode if your curious). I could apply the learnings from this fascinating science for myself but couldn’t overlay it on what was happening in US (and world) politics very well until now. This book was the key to connecting those dots.
I now have clarity about what we need to do, and how we might frame the work, in order to best support the health and vitality of both the US and the world (and address climate change urgently).
Thank you Ezra and Darrick for your clear eyed vision!
Onward to Abundance!
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Children of Time
- De: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Narrado por: Mel Hudson
- Duración: 16 h y 31 m
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Adrian Tchaikovksy's critically acclaimed stand-alone novel Children of Time is the epic story of humanity's battle for survival on a terraformed planet. Who will inherit this new Earth? The last remnants of the human race left a dying Earth, desperate to find a new home among the stars. Following in the footsteps of their ancestors, they discover the greatest treasure of the past age - a world terraformed and prepared for human life. But all is not right in this new Eden.
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A very pleasant surprise
- De Simon en 06-17-17
- Children of Time
- De: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Narrado por: Mel Hudson
Amazing world-building. Thought provoking. Utterly enjoyable.
Revisado: 02-21-25
I loved every minute of this thought provoking, amazing world-building story. The voicing was perfect as well.
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