false 116256 6 A telepathic race is ruled by the strong mind of the Patternmaster, but his ruthless son craves the ultimate power of the position and has murdered everyone who stands in his way except a final victim--his younger brother. Reprint. <i>PW. </i> 1119636 1976 Patternmaster total:573|5:170|4:229|3:138|2:31|1:5| 573 2247 742 25 3 0 false true Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 10 10:58:54 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 10:58:54 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 22 11:14:07 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 06 11:06:17 -0700 2008 1 Octavia E. Butler is one of a kind. She is a black feminist science fiction writer and the protege of the great and bizarre Harlan Ellison. She was the first science fiction writer to receive a MacArthur "genius" grant, which she was awarded in 1995 for pushing the boundaries of her field...more...]]> 3 0 false true Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 18 16:10:45 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 18 16:10:59 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jul 14 08:15:21 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 22:28:53 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Apr 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 15:44:34 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 15:45:27 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Jun 28 21:23:57 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 21:26:30 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Jan 16 16:17:50 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 16:18:13 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Tue Jun 24 07:33:46 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 24 07:41:51 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jul 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 08:34:07 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 09:41:18 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Sep 14 07:28:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 06:59:51 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 07:28:00 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 05 18:34:12 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 05 18:48:18 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Thu Jan 08 06:40:50 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 11:54:34 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1993 Mon Jul 02 11:25:09 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 02 11:30:31 -0700 2007 Wild Seed and jumps forward with the story arc begun in Mind of My Mind. It also intersects quite a bit with a parallel storyline in Clay's Ark. In a distant future where the telepathic Patternists have taken over society, we get both an epic plot and a...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Sun Jun 22 13:23:23 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 22 13:23:35 -0700 2008 So powerful that it's sometimes painful. Truly brilliant page turners. All are intense studies of the morality of survival, and the meaning of humanity. A common theme is the power relationship between species or races, particularly whe...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Mar 02 15:46:40 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 02 15:55:51 -0800 2008 2 0 false false Sat Sep 01 15:03:01 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 01 15:09:50 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Nov 12 13:33:55 -0800 2007 Tue Nov 13 14:27:23 -0800 2007 4 0 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 18 12:55:38 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 22 17:27:28 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Wed May 07 08:45:40 -0700 2008 Wed May 07 08:47:41 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Mon Apr 14 17:49:48 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 14 18:01:40 -0700 2008 http://www.reason.com/news/show/36688.ht... for an obituary of Octavia E. Butler by my friend Amy Sturgis.]]>