Parable is initially narrated by a mysterious derelict who carries a heavy, wrapped object everywhere he goes. He is quick to ...

As wildfires scorched the Los Angeles area in January 2025, a number of Snopes readers and commentators (archived) pointed out similarities between current events and the plot of Octavia Butler's 1993 ...

Influential writer Octavia Butler’s literary legend may spread to a new type of fanbase with the introduction of a graphic novel adaptation of “Parable of the Talents,” originally published as a novel ...

Octavia Butler is undoubtedly one of the greatest science fiction authors of all time, and it should come as no surprise that her work continues to be adapted in other media. Abrams ComicArts is ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. It’s parable time. Some of you might be familiar with a ...

At Greenwich House Theater, Greta Gertler Gold and Hilary Bell’s stage adaptation of Joan Lindsay’s novel hovers between ...

It starts with the modern hall of mirrors - a screen depicting a screen depicting a screen. I can count three of these before the detailing gets too small to make out, but even then I'm forgetting one ...

For the third time now, someone has told me the parable of a Chinese farmer from 2,000 years ago. I think that means something. Not just to me, but as a sign of our times. First, an instructor shared ...

In just 7 years, Peanut the Squirrel went from being an anonymous street rodent, to a famous influencer, to a billion dollar cryptocurrency. His story is a parable of the modern attention economy.

Last week, Jesus spoke of fraternal correction, to admonish the brother who does us wrong to move him to repentance. That is why we correct our brother: not to show our superiority (of which no true ...