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Seed to Harvest: the complete Patternist series from the New York Times bestselling author
Octavia E. Butler
Fiction, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Adventure, Science fiction
This omnibus edition charts a secret history that stretches from Ancient Egypt to a distant, terrifying future. 'Compulsive pageturners' Tor.com
Includes the novels WILD SEED, MIND OF MY MIND, CLAY'S ARK, PATTERNMASTER
The Patternist series, collected here in one edition, chart an epic secret history that's roots lie in the dawn of civilization, and whose tangled branches reach far into our future.
It begins when two immortals meet. Doro is an entity who changes bodies like clothes, killing his hosts; Anyanwu can change her very shape, absorbing bullets as easily as she can heal with a kiss. Their relationship, albeit as marked by hate as by love, will change the world.
After years of selected breeding, their 'Patternists' are becoming increasing harder to control, and harder to hide from society. They will eventually bring humanity to the brink of extinction and beyond, into a nightmare that Doro and Anyanwu could never have anticipated.
Praise for Seed to Harvest: the complete Patternist series from the New York Times bestselling author
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Her evocative, often troubling, novels explore far-reaching issues of race, sex, power and, ultimately, what it means to be human - New York Times
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If you haven't read Butler, you don't yet understand how rich the possibilities of science fiction can be - Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
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Her evocative, often troubling, novels explore far-reaching issues of race, sex, power and, ultimately, what it means to be human - New York Times
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If you haven't read Butler, you don't yet understand how rich the possibilities of science fiction can be - Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
Octavia E. Butler
OCTAVIA E. BUTLER (1947-2006) was the renowned author of numerous ground-breaking novels, including Kindred, Wild Seed, and Parable of the Sower. Recipient of the Locus, Hugo and Nebula awards, and a PEN Lifetime Achievement Award for her body of work, in 1995 she became the first science-fiction writer to receive the MacArthur Fellowship 'genius grant'. A pioneer of her genre, Octavia's dystopian novels explore myriad themes of Black injustice, women's rights, global warming and political and economic disparity, and her work is taught in over two hundred colleges and universities nationwide.
In 2020, Octavia E. Butler became a New York Times bestselling author.
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