Authoring the Sacred: Humanism and Invented Scripture in Octavia Butler, Kurt Vonnegut and Dan Simmons
In Octavia E. Butler's novels Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents, teenager Lauren Olamina writes her own scripture, The Books of the Living, as a guide to a way of life she calls Earthseed. The Books of Bokonon, written by a self-styled holy man, provide Kurt Vonnegut's satiri...
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Equinox
[2014]
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Implicit religion
Year: 2014, Volume: 17, Issue: 4, Pages: 509-531 |
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VONNEGUT, Kurt, 1922-2007
B SIMMONS, Dan B Octavia Butler B PARABLE of the Sower (Book) B Kurt Vonnegut B Dan Simmons B PARABLE of the Talents (Book) B BUTLER, Octavia E., 1947-2006 B SCIENCE fiction writing B Humanism B Humanism in literature B Science Fiction |
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