For 4,000 years, an immortal has spread the seeds of a master race, using the downtrodden as his private breeding stock. But now a young ghetto telepath has found a way to awaken--and rule--her superhuman kind, igniting a psychic battle as she challenges her creator for her right to free her people.
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Octavia E. Butler 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. Butler 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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By Nadu
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I enjoyed this book very much. They way she introduced each character was like starting a new book. They each seem unrelated but all have a strong power that connects them. I highly reccomend this book.
By Peter Tupper
Format:Mass Market Paperback
After thousands of years, the immortal Doro's breeding program has finally produced a young female telepath who becomes the cornerstone of a psionic network, a new kind of society called the Pattern. However, Doro and Mary can't see eye to eye, and conflict slowly comes to a head...
Butler sees human nature as paradoxical: people need communities and families to be healthy and sane, but humanity is inherently hierarchical and compelled to compete for power. Human society fosters both love and violence.
Butler is pretty honest about the uglier aspects of the Pattern, a society where mind-control is a regular practice, and non-telepathic "mutes" are well-tended slaves. However, when you compare it to life without the Pattern, thousands of people living in hopeless schizophrenia from uncontrolled telepathy, you can understand their decisions. As in most of Butler's fiction, it's about how people live in imperfect situations. Ask yourself what you would do in their place....
The book is a bit talky in places. The strength of the book is the characterization and dialogue, and Butler's perspective is unique and thought-provoking.
<i>Spoilers</i>
My only real complaint about this book is Anyanwu/Emma's role in the story. "Wild Seed" ends with her winning the war of wills with Doro, retaining her personal autonomy. I thought she would jump at the chance to renegotiate the terms of the society Doro created, but instead she just has a few cameos and sides with Doro to the end. It undermines the strength and integrity of her character as established in "Wild Seed".
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Excellent followup to Wild Seed, which was great. I recommend all of Butler's books, especially Kindred. Look her up and read her books, many of which are in a series. Read more
Published on May 23 2001 by Raquel B.
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divide of human speciation
Will humans ever split into separate species? If so, what will be the cause and how will it happen? Octavia Butler addresses these questions in this fine novel. Read more
Published on April 17 2001 by Robert J. Crawford
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Keep it coming
When I began reading this book I didn't know it would be the catalyst of the patternmaster series. Actually, after having read several Butler books and figuring out there were... Read more
Published on April 13 2001 by R. Anthony Mills
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Unexplicable Talent
Butler has done it again: created a thought-provoking novel that involves reality and the not-too-distant future. Read more
Published on July 26 2000 by A. M. Davis
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Wonderfully rich and involving.
I first read this book after I'd gotten acquainted with Butler's work by reading Parable of the Sower, which is my favorite book to date. When I read this book I was enthralled. Read more
Published on July 22 2000 by Vincent David Bode
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Fantastic!
Having fallen for the works of Nancy Kress, I now am a servant of two masters; Octavia Butler writes with insight, passion, and grit. Read more
Published on Jun 9 2000 by JK
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Good conclusion but slow at some points
This books functions as a conclusion to Butler's series about a group of humans bred to be telepaths from the beginning of time. Read more
Published on May 17 2000 by TammyJo Eckhart
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The most powerful book I have ever read!
I have read all of Octavia Butler's books that are in print. I find them all to be both thrilling and powerful! Once you read Mind of My Mind - you're hooked!
Published on Jun 3 1999
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Butler is truly in a class by herself.
Under the section about what other books were commonly purchased along with this one, the tittles are all Ms. Read more
Published on Mar 17 1999
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Great Book
Doro is immortal, whenever he gets hungry or is killed he eats another persons mind and moves into their body. Read more
Published on Feb 21 1999
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