[deleted] OP t1_ivi69u4 wrote
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Maybe we're entering an era of Octavia Butler adaptations? A24 has the rights to The Parable of the Sower and supposedly is working on producing a movie.
Nandi_La t1_ivid12o wrote
whaaat! That's fucking amazing, their films are always so good! I hope they do the work justice
xCesme t1_iviptk9 wrote
That book is a masterpiece.
horseren0ir t1_ivis5vi wrote
What’s that one about?
blankbox11 t1_ivjj9r2 wrote
Edit: this is a description Wild Seed not Parable of the Sower
It’s about the relationship between two superpowered if I remember correctly ancient beings over centuries and across two continents. If, they ever adapt it, it’s going to be a really hard watch. If I’m being completely honest it is thorny and ugly in ways that I don’t think Hollywood would like, and doubt they would try to adapt it without radically changing it first.
doegred t1_ivliwzl wrote
That's Wild Seed, not Parable, right? (Though confusingly the latter has Earthseed in it.)
blankbox11 t1_ivllz6a wrote
Yep. Lost the track of the comment thread.
Necessary-Image-6386 t1_ivissxf wrote
Hard to describe Wild Seed. A body changing woman in 18th century Africa comes to the States. Wait I forgot
jogoso2014 t1_ivk4gt2 wrote
It’s part of a series but it’s best to think of it as an anthology as the series covers centuries.
The first book is about two beings with different powers getting together and forming essentially a community and super race.
One of them is clearly a bad guy and the power is cool and scary.
What I love about it, along with Kindred, is that they both change the perspective on the slave narrative from what we typically see.
horseren0ir t1_ivltpeq wrote
Change it to what?
jogoso2014 t1_ivm5fzf wrote
For example, I grew up on a narrative of Thomas Jefferson being in love with his slave Sally Henming and that romance tends to crossover to to other interracial slave based relationships.
Wild Seed likewise shows what happens when black people actually have the power to change a systemic circumstance.
It’s interesting to see slavery in the context of fantasy or sci-if and Butler makes it feel natural.
Underground Railroad does a great job at it too but that story has nothing to do Butler.
mieiri t1_ivjfsgo wrote
oh wow! TIL. Hyped already!
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