Deliciosa Leitura Fantástica (88)

I'm trying to speak..to write the truth. I"m trying to be clear. I'm not interested in being fancy, or even original. Clarity and truth will be plenty, if I can only achieve them.

Parable of the Sower, Octavia E. Butler

Deliciosa Leitura Fantástica (87)

Cities controlled by big companies are old hat in science fiction. My grandmother left a whole bookcase of old science fiction novels. The company-city subgenre always seemed to star a hero who outsmarted, overthrew, or escaped "the company." I've never seen one where the hero fought like hell to get taken in and underpaid by the company. In real life, that's the way it will be. That's the way it always is.

Parable of the Sower, Octavia E. Butler

Deliciosa Leitura Fantástica (86)

Civilization is to groups what intelligence is to individuals. It is a means of combining the intelligence of many to achieve ongoing group adaptation. Civilization, like intelligence, may serve well, serve adequately, or fail to serve its adaptive function. When civilization fails to serve, it must disintegrate unless it is acted upon by unifying internal or external forces.

Parable of the Sower, Octavia E. Butler

Deliciosa Leitura Fantástica (85)

The world is full of painful stories. Sometimes it seems as though there aren't any other kind...

Parable of the Sower, Octavia E. Butler