Patternists #02: Mind of My Mind

Patternists #02: Mind of My Mind
Octavia E Butler
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Paperback
h198 x 129mm - 256pg
21 Jan 2021 UK
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9781472281005
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A young woman harnesses the power of a viral mutation and challenges the ruthless man who controls her, in this brilliantly provocative novel from the award-winning author of Parable of the Sower. Mary is a treacherous experiment. Her creator, an immortal named Doro, has molded the human race for generations, seeking out those with unusual talents like telepathy and breeding them into a new subrace of humans who obey his every command. The result is Mary: a young black woman living on the rough outskirts of Los Angeles in the 1970s, who has no idea how much power she will soon wield. Doro knows he must handle Mary carefully or risk her ending like his previous experiments: dead, either by her own hand or Doro' s. What he doesn' t suspect is that Mary' s maturing telepathic abilities may soon rival his own power. By linking telepaths with a viral pattern, she will create the potential to break free of his control once and for all-and shift the course of humanity.

#01: Wild Seed
#02: Mind of My Mind
#03: Clay's Ark
#04: Survivor
#05: Patternmaster

PRAISE FOR OCTAVIA E. BUTLER' S NOVELS "Wild Seed is a book that shifted my life . . . It is as epic, as game-changing, as moving and brilliant as any science fiction novel ever written. "--Viola Davis "An internationally acclaimed science fiction writer whose evocative, often troubling, novels explore far-reaching issues of race, sex, power and, ultimately, what it means to be human. "--New York Times "Brilliant, endlessly rich. . . pairs well with 1984 or The Handmaid' s Tale. "--John Green, New York Times (on Parable of the Sower) "Butler is one of the finest voices in fiction-period . . . A master storyteller with a voice that cradles and captivates, Butler casts an unflinching eye on racism, sexism, poverty and ignorance, and lets the reader see the terror and beauty of human nature. "--Washington Post Book World "Haunting . . . apocalyptic . . . compelling. "--Essence "In the ongoing contest over which dystopian classic is most applicable to our time, Octavia Butler' s ' Parable' books may be unmatched. "--New Yorker (on Parable of the Sower) "More than any novel I' ve ever read, Octavia Butler' s Wild Seed examines power, what it means to wield it responsibly and what it means to resist it when it is wielded capriciously. "--Rion Amilcar Scott, PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize-winning author of Insurrections
Octavia E. Butler was a renowned African-American writer who received a MacArthur "Genius" Grant and PEN West Lifetime Achievement Award for her body of work. She was the author of several award-winning novels including Parable of the Talents, which won the Nebula for Best Novel. Acclaimed for her lean prose, strong protagonists, and social observations in stories that range from the distant past to the far future, she addressed issues in her Afrofuturistic feminist novels and short fiction that have only become more relevant since her death. She passed away on February 24, 2006.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781472281005
Published: 21 Jan 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Headline Book Publishing
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Pages: 256

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