{"id":1032,"date":"2025-03-01T14:53:40","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T22:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maginecreativeservices.com\/shadesmagazine2023\/?p=1032"},"modified":"2025-03-27T12:57:48","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T19:57:48","slug":"read-with-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maginecreativeservices.com\/shadesmagazine2023\/read-with-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Read with SHADES!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Click here for the current book and discussion date<\/em>.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

shades Magazine (finally) launches its book club<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We’ve been talking about it for months and are excited to announce the beginning of our book club for all you avid readers out there!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Photo: Courtesy of Octavia E. Butler Estate<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

We are kicking it off with one of our favorite authors \u2013 Octavia Butler <\/a>\u2013 and two of her books \u2013 Parable of the Sower<\/em> and Parable of the Talents<\/em>. The books were written as part of the Earthseed series; sadly, her death in 2006 left the last book \u2013 Parable of the Trickster<\/em> \u2013 incomplete and unpublished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our first discussion on Sower<\/em> will be Friday, Oct. 4, at 6 p.m., and the Talents <\/em>discussion will take place also at 6 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 1. We realize this may be a short window for some, but wanted to finish (and or get deep into both) before this year’s presidential election on Tuesday, Nov. 5. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why now?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Butler’s ability to share stories about her future in the Parable stories is beyond uncanny as ~ Slate.com<\/a> reporter Rebecca Onion wrote on Sept. 19, 2020:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cParable of the Sower <\/em>and Parable of the Talents<\/em> contain many plot elements that seem to have \u201cpredicted\u201d our current circumstances. But because Olamina\u2019s story is also the story of a prophet \u2014 and because Butler is interested in how people might retain their humanity and direction through conditions of extreme chaos and change \u2014 the Earthseed books are instructional in a way that other apocalypse fictions are not. They are not prepper fiction<\/a>, though reading them will teach you a thing or two about go bags<\/a> and the importance of posting a night watch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“According to people who love the books, myself included, they offer something beyond practical preparations: A blueprint for adjusting to uncertainty.” <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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To register<\/strong> (BOOK 1)<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When: <\/strong>Oct. 4 at 6 p.m. Pacific Time (US and Canada)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Register in advance* for this meeting at <\/strong>https:\/\/bit.ly\/shadesbooks-parable<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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*After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn more about the books\/author:<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n