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Patternmaster (Patternist, 4)

Patternmaster (Patternist, 4)

Patternmaster (Patternist, 4)
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Patternmaster (Patternist, 4) Paperback - 2020

by Butler, Octavia E

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  • Title Patternmaster (Patternist, 4)
  • Author Butler, Octavia E
  • Binding Paperback
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 224
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Grand Central Publishing
  • Publication date 2020-12-29
  • Bookseller's Inventory # ANAIS-1538751461
  • ISBN 9781538751466 / 1538751461
  • Weight 0.4 lbs (0.18 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.9 x 5.1 x 0.7 in (20.07 x 12.95 x 1.78 cm)
  • Size 9.5X6.5X1.5
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
  • Category Fiction - Science Fiction
  • Library of Congress subjects Science fiction, Telepathy
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC
  • Quantity available 1

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About this book

Patternmaster is Octavia Butler's first published novel. It is the fourth book chronologically in Butler's Patternmaster seriesWild 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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From the acclaimed author of the Earthseed series, two immortals chase each other across continents and centuries, binding their fates together--and changing the destiny of the human race.

In the far future, the human race is divided into two groups striving for power. The Patternmaster rules over all, the leader of the telepathic Patternist race whose thoughts can destroy or heal at his whim. The only threat to his power are the Clayarks, mutant humans who live either enslaved by the Patternists or in the wild.

Coransee, son of the ruling Patternmaster, wants the throne and will stop at nothing to get it, even if it means venturing into the wild mutant-infested hills to destroy a young apprentice--his equal and his brother.

First edition identification

Patternmaster was first published by Doubleday & Company, Inc., New York in 1976. The original hardcover had light gray cloth, a $5.95 price stamp on the front flat of the dust jacket, and ‘First Edition’ on the copyright page.

About the author

Octavia E. Butlerwas a renowned 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 Sower, which was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, and was acclaimed for her lean prose, strong protagonists, and social observations in stories that range from the distant past to the far future. Sales of her books have increased enormously since her death as the issues she addressed in her Afrofuturistic, feminist novels and short fiction have only become more relevant. She passed away on February 24, 2006.
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