Of course, if you’ve already read Parable of the Sower, much of the last four years might have felt a little too eerily familiar. But moving on: “Butler was an observer and ponderer. The probing mind that animates her novels, short stories and essays is obsessed with the viability of the human enterprise. Will we survive our worst habits? Will we change? Do we want to?” (And, also, probably you should start with Kindred.) – The New York Times
