Care Work, Age, and Culture in Butler’s Parable Series by Derek Thiess, Femspec Issue 15

With the growing popularity of post-apocalyptic scenarios, not just in SF literature but also in reality television shows about survivalism such as Doomsday Preppers (2011), Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower (1993) and Parable of the Talents (1998) are more relevant than ever.