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CLAY'S ARK
by Butler, Octavia E
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- Signed
- Condition
- A fine copy. Review slip affixed to inside front cover. Scarce signed. (31281)
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: St. Martin's Press, [1984]. Advance uncorrected proof. A fine copy. Review slip affixed to inside front cover. Scarce signed. (31281). Octavo, printed wrappers. Signed on the title page by Butler. "A returning spaceship bears an alien disease back to Earth. But this is not a standard "plague" story: only a small group of people is infected by the alien parasite, although the implication is that their transformed children will take over the Earth." Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 70. See Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-87.
Synopsis
Clay’s Ark is the last published novel in Octavia Butler’s Patternist Series. The novel is a prequel to others and documents the arrival of the Clay Ark disease that leads to the evolution of the mutant clayarks. The story is set in a near-future dystopia. Blake Maslin is a physician living in Southern California with his twin teenage daughters. They are kidnapped by Eli Doyle, the only survivor of Clay’s Ark spaceship that crashed in the desert. Eli is infected with a dangerous alien microorganism that gives him heightened senses and power but urges him to reproduce. He has isolated himself in the desert to stop the spread of the destructive. The organism kills many, but those who don’t succumb become powerful and have a strong desire to reproduce - mutant offspring that will eradicate the human race. Blake and his children have to decide whether to endanger themselves or humanity.
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- Seller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 31281
- Title
- CLAY'S ARK
- Author
- Butler, Octavia E
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine copy. Review slip affixed to inside front cover. Scarce signed. (31281)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Advance uncorrected proof
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [1984]
- Keywords
- SF . Signed . Proof
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John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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