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conversations.value: Give me a description for a story titled Parable of the Talents about Incorporating, MacArthur, genius with the genre: Literature & Fiction, Women's Fiction.
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conversations.value: the author was the first black woman to come to international prominence as a science fiction writer. Incorporating powerful, spare language and rich, well-developed characters, her work tackled race, gender, religion, poverty, power, politics, and science in a way that touched readers of all backgrounds. the author was a towering figure in life and in her art and the world noticed; highly acclaimed by reviewers, she received numerous awards, including a MacArthur "genius" grant, both the Hugo and Nebula awards, the Langston Hughes Medal, as well as a PEN Lifetime Achievement award.
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conversations.value: Give me a plot for a story titled Parable of the Talents.
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conversations.value: Parable of the Talents (novel): Parable of the Talents (1998) (the sequel to Parable of the Sower) tells the story of how, as theS.\ncontinues to fall apart, the protagonist's community is attacked and taken over by a bloc of religious fanatics who inflict brutal atrocities.\nThe novel is a harsh indictment of religious fundamentalism, and has been compared in that respect to Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale.