Stream thousands of fine art and hand-crafting classes with Creativebug. Check it out here!

Vaughn Public Library - Ashland

Parable of the Talents
(Adobe EPUB eBook, OverDrive Read)

Book Cover
Average Rating
5 star
 
(1)
4 star
 
(0)
3 star
 
(0)
2 star
 
(0)
1 star
 
(0)
Series:
Parable books volume 2.
Published:
Open Road Media 2012
Format:
Adobe EPUB eBook, OverDrive Read
Accelerated Reader:
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 21
Status:
Available from OverDrive
Description
Winner of the Nebula Award for Best Novel: The powerful and compelling sequel to the dystopian classic Parable of the Sower
Lauren Olamina was only eighteen when her family was killed, and anarchy encroached on her Southern California home. She fled the war zone for the hope of quiet and safety in the north. There she founded Acorn, a peaceful community based on a religion of her creation, called Earthseed, whose central tenet is that God is change. Five years later, Lauren has married a doctor and given birth to a daughter. Acorn is beginning to thrive. But outside the tranquil group's walls, America is changing for the worse.

Presidential candidate Andrew Steele Jarret wins national fame by preaching a return to the values of the American golden age. To his marauding followers, who are identified by their crosses and black robes, this is a call to arms to end religious tolerance and racial equality—a brutal doctrine they enforce by machine gun. And as this band of violent extremists sets its deadly sights on Earthseed, Acorn is plunged into a harrowing fight for its very survival.

Taking its place alongside Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, Butler's eerily prophetic novel offers a terrifying vision of our potential future, but also one of hope.

This ebook features an illustrated biography of Octavia E. Butler including rare images from the author's estate.
Also in This Series
Formats
Adobe EPUB eBook
Works on all eReaders (except Kindles), desktop computers and mobile devices with reading apps installed.
OverDrive Read
Need Help?
If you are having problem transferring a title to your device, please fill out this support form or visit the library so we can help you to use our eBooks and eAudio Books.
More Like This
Other Editions and Formats
More Details
Street Date:
07/24/2012
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781453263624
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 5.9, 21 Points
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)

Octavia E. Butler. (2012). Parable of the Talents. Open Road Media.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Octavia E. Butler. 2012. Parable of the Talents. Open Road Media.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Talents. Open Road Media, 2012.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Octavia E. Butler. Parable of the Talents. Open Road Media, 2012.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
Copy Details
LibraryOwnedAvailable
Shared Digital Collection94
Northern Waters Library Service00

There are 2 holds on this title.

Staff View
Grouped Work ID:
a0f03b22-5bf2-6e8a-4991-1efde7099b29
Go To Grouped Work
Needs Update?:
No
Date Added:
Feb 10, 2021 00:16:39
Date Updated:
Mar 15, 2023 21:50:51
Last Metadata Check:
Mar 25, 2024 07:00:24
Last Metadata Change:
Jan 07, 2024 08:18:21
Last Availability Check:
Mar 25, 2024 07:00:24
Last Availability Change:
Mar 12, 2024 14:58:33
Last Grouped Work Modification Time:
Mar 27, 2024 20:59:55

OverDrive Product Record

readingOrder
2
images
    • cover:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/2363-1/{83608A1B-3634-4149-BFE8-951E1DE0E243}Img100.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
    • thumbnail:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/2363-1/{83608A1B-3634-4149-BFE8-951E1DE0E243}Img200.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
    • cover150Wide:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-150/2363-1/836/08A/1B/{83608A1B-3634-4149-BFE8-951E1DE0E243}Img150.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
    • cover300Wide:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/2363-1/836/08A/1B/{83608A1B-3634-4149-BFE8-951E1DE0E243}Img400.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
formats
      • identifiers:
            • type: ISBN
            • value: 9781453263624
      • name: Adobe EPUB eBook
      • id: ebook-epub-adobe
      • identifiers:
            • type: ASIN
            • value: B008HALPHC
      • name: Kindle Book
      • id: ebook-kindle
      • identifiers:
            • type: ISBN
            • value: 9781453263624
      • name: OverDrive Read
      • id: ebook-overdrive
mediaType
eBook
primaryCreator
    • role: Author
    • name: Octavia E. Butler
isOwnedByCollections
True
title
Parable of the Talents
seriesId
533826
dateAdded
2014-03-31T12:42:00Z
contentDetails
      • href: https://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=80&titleID=989557
      • type: text/html
      • account:
          • name: Wisconsin Public Library Consortium (WI)
          • id: 669
sortTitle
Parable of the Talents Earthseed Series Book 02
crossRefId
989557
series
Earthseed
id
83608A1B-3634-4149-BFE8-951E1DE0E243
starRating
4.3

OverDrive MetaData

isPublicDomain
False
formats
      • fileName: ParableoftheTalents_9781453263624_989557
      • partCount: 0
      • fileSize: 3866022
      • identifiers:
            • type: ISBN
            • value: 9781453263624
      • rights:
            • type: Copying
            • value: 0
            • type: Printing
            • value: 0
            • type: Lending
            • value: 0
            • type: ReadAloud
            • value: 1
            • type: ExpirationRights
            • value: 0
      • name: Adobe EPUB eBook
      • isReadAlong: False
      • id: ebook-epub-adobe
      • onSaleDate: 7/24/2012
      • samples:
            • source: From the book
            • formatType: ebook-epub-adobe
            • url: https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/2363-1/836/08A/1B/ParableoftheTalents9781453263624.epub
            • source: From the book
            • formatType: ebook-overdrive
            • url: https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=83608A1B-3634-4149-BFE8-951E1DE0E243&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
      • fileName: ParableoftheTalents_9781453263624_989557
      • partCount: 0
      • fileSize: 0
      • identifiers:
            • type: ISBN
            • value: 9781453263624
      • name: OverDrive Read
      • isReadAlong: False
      • id: ebook-overdrive
      • onSaleDate: 7/24/2012
      • samples:
            • source: From the book
            • formatType: ebook-epub-adobe
            • url: https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/2363-1/836/08A/1B/ParableoftheTalents9781453263624.epub
            • source: From the book
            • formatType: ebook-overdrive
            • url: https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=83608A1B-3634-4149-BFE8-951E1DE0E243&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
keywords
      • value: ebook
      • value: Science Fiction
      • value: fantasy
creators
      • role: Author
      • fileAs: Butler, Octavia E.
      • bioText: Octavia E. Butler (1947–2006) was a bestselling and award-winning author, considered one of the best science fiction writers of her generation. She received both the Hugo and Nebula awards, and in 1995 became the first author of science fiction to receive a MacArthur Fellowship. She was also awarded the prestigious PEN Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000. Her first novel, Patternmaster (1976), was praised both for its imaginative vision and for Butler's powerful prose, and spawned four prequels, beginning with Mind of My Mind (1977) and finishing with Clay's Ark (1984). Although the Patternist series established Butler among the science fiction elite, it was Kindred (1979), a story of a black woman who travels back in time to the antebellum South, that brought her mainstream success. In 1985, Butler won Nebula and Hugo awards for the novella "Bloodchild," and in 1987 she published Dawn, the first novel of the Xenogenesis trilogy, about a race of aliens who visit earth to save humanity from itself. Fledgling (2005) was Butler's final novel. She died at her home in 2006.
      • name: Octavia E. Butler
imprint
Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy
publishDate
2012-07-24T00:00:00-04:00
isOwnedByCollections
True
title
Parable of the Talents
fullDescription
Winner of the Nebula Award for Best Novel: The powerful and compelling sequel to the dystopian classic Parable of the Sower
Lauren Olamina was only eighteen when her family was killed, and anarchy encroached on her Southern California home. She fled the war zone for the hope of quiet and safety in the north. There she founded Acorn, a peaceful community based on a religion of her creation, called Earthseed, whose central tenet is that God is change. Five years later, Lauren has married a doctor and given birth to a daughter. Acorn is beginning to thrive. But outside the tranquil group's walls, America is changing for the worse.

Presidential candidate Andrew Steele Jarret wins national fame by preaching a return to the values of the American golden age. To his marauding followers, who are identified by their crosses and black robes, this is a call to arms to end religious tolerance and racial equality—a brutal doctrine they enforce by machine gun. And as this band of violent extremists sets its deadly sights on Earthseed, Acorn is plunged into a harrowing fight for its very survival.

Taking its place alongside Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, Butler's eerily prophetic novel offers a terrifying vision of our potential future, but also one of hope.

This ebook features an illustrated biography of Octavia E. Butler including rare images from the author's estate.
seriesId
533826
popularity
3501
links
    • self:
        • href: https://api.overdrive.com/v1/collections/v1L1BIwAAAA2a/products/83608a1b-3634-4149-bfe8-951e1de0e243/metadata
        • type: application/vnd.overdrive.api+json
id
83608a1b-3634-4149-bfe8-951e1de0e243
starRating
4.3
readingOrder
2
images
    • cover:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/2363-1/{83608A1B-3634-4149-BFE8-951E1DE0E243}Img100.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
    • thumbnail:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/2363-1/{83608A1B-3634-4149-BFE8-951E1DE0E243}Img200.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
    • cover150Wide:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-150/2363-1/836/08A/1B/{83608A1B-3634-4149-BFE8-951E1DE0E243}Img150.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
    • cover300Wide:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/2363-1/836/08A/1B/{83608A1B-3634-4149-BFE8-951E1DE0E243}Img400.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
isPublicPerformanceAllowed
False
languages
      • code: en
      • name: English
subjects
      • value: Fantasy
      • value: Fiction
publishDateText
07/24/2012
mediaType
eBook
shortDescription
Winner of the Nebula Award for Best Novel: The powerful and compelling sequel to the dystopian classic Parable of the Sower
Lauren Olamina was only eighteen when her family was killed, and anarchy encroached on her Southern California home. She fled the war zone for the hope of quiet and safety in the north. There she founded Acorn, a peaceful community based on a religion of her creation, called Earthseed, whose central tenet is that God is change. Five years later, Lauren has married a doctor and given birth to a daughter. Acorn is beginning to thrive. But outside the tranquil group's walls, America is changing for the worse.

Presidential candidate Andrew Steele Jarret wins national fame by preaching a return to the values of the American golden age. To his marauding followers, who are identified by their crosses and black robes, this is a call to arms to end religious tolerance and racial equality—a brutal doctrine they enforce by machine...
sortTitle
Parable of the Talents
crossRefId
989557
series
Earthseed
publisher
Open Road Media
bisacCodes
      • code: FIC009000
      • description: Fiction / Fantasy / General