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Patternmaster.

by BUTLER, Octavia E.:

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ISBN 10
0722120990
ISBN 13
9780722120996
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London: Sphere, 1978.. 1st British edition. "The Patternmaster is dying. He rules his own race of selectively bred, psionically powerful Patternists, who in turn dominate the non-telepathic, sevile 'mutes'. A hostile third race - the mutant cannibal Clayarks - preys on the wastes between the cities..." P.176, pages toned, ownerr's name to half-title page. Paperback, creasing to spine and lower rrear corner, edges worn. Sccarce in this edition. G.

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Patternmaster  is Octavia Butler's first published novel. It is the fourth book chronologically in Butler's  Patternmaster series .  Wild Seed  (1980) ,  Mind of my Mind  (1977), and  Clay's Ark  (1984) follow. Another novel,  Survivor  (1978), was part of the series, but Butler later disowned the novel and declined to have it reprinted.  Central to the series are Patternists - people with telepathic powers, ruled by a head Patternmaster who can heal and destroy. In  Patternmaster,  the son of the ruler, Coransee, will stop at nothing to get the throne, even killing his brother. The novel is set in the distant future, and the Patternists are the dominant race, set apart from Clayarks, who are 'diseased' and animalistic, and another mute race that is used as slaves.

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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
Patternmaster.
Author
BUTLER, Octavia E.:
Book Condition
Used
Binding
Paperback
ISBN 10
0722120990
ISBN 13
9780722120996
Publisher
London: Sphere, 1978.
Place of Publication
Great Britain
This edition first published
1978
Keywords
butler octavia butler patternmaster sphere science fiction sci fi 50700 0722120990
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