Parable of the Talents [book, audiobook]

 Parable of the Talents [book, audiobook]

I CONTINUE TO BE SO FRUSTRATED BY OCTAVIA BUTLER. THERE IS SOME STUFF SHE WRITES SO WELL AND THEN SOME THINGS SHE JUST DOESN'T. BUT THEN THE PARTS THAT ARE BAD ARE SO OBVIOUSLY BAD THAT IT'S EASY TO GET INTO A LOOP OF "HEH, I'M SMARTER THAN HER FOR NOTICING THIS CONTRADICTION IN HER WRITING' BUT THEN THE CONTRADICTION BEING SO BLATENT IT BECOMES UNCLEAR IF MAYBE THAT WAS THE POINT OF THE BOOK. LIKE MAYBE SEEING THE PARALLELS IS THE WHOLE POINT AND THE BOOK IS SMARTER THAN ME BY DOING A GOOD JOB LEADING ME TO THINK THE THINGS THE BOOK IS SET UP TO MAKE ME THINK? ALSO 

PS. LIKE THE FIRST ONE THIS CONTAINED SO MUCH SIMPSONS PREDICTED IT TYPE STUFF. I CAN'T TALK ABOUT IT, I JUST CAN'T. BUT I ABSOLUTELY GENUINELY LOVE THE REVERSE MAD MAX II THING THAT HAPPENED TWICE. THE FACT THERE WAS NEVER EVER A SEQUEL AFTER THIS MAKES ME THINK THEY JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO PROGRESS THE STORY AND KEPT WANTING TO RESET THE STAKES TO KEEP WRITING MORE OF THE PART THEY LIKED WRITING TO BUT I LITERALLY CAN NOT THINK OF A SINGLE OTHER PIECE OF MEDIA THAT DOES THIS. 

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