What a fascinating book. I read Mind of My Mind first, where I met the main characters here, but as that was not their story, they did not have much depth. Reading Wild Seed, it made me somewhat disappointed that they did not have as much to do in the sequel, but as the book progressed, I came to ap...
The two main characters in this book are monoliths. I don't think any book has ever portrayed immortals so realistically as this book does. It's so well-written that you'll fall into a depression right along with the main character. Don't worry, though, there's a light at the end of the tunnel.
Yet another book review that GoodReads ate...Two immortals with wildly different manifestations of immortality are entwined in a centuries (well, millenia) long relationship/battle which very heavily deals with slavery, freedom, healing, and destruction.It's very much Butler's beautiful voice, givin...
An immortal shape-changing woman watches over an African village until the arrival of a man who can move his mind from body to body, killing each host as he departs. Can be read as a unusual science fiction adventure involving mutants in Africa and colonial America, or it can be read as a metaphor ...
It was time to dip back into one of Butler's dark and difficult worlds of power in relationships, racism and slavery. This one throws in immortality, eugenics and history. I decided to read this series (Patternmaster) in chronological order instead of order written and it will be interesting to se...
Octavia E. Butler's women are incredibly strong characters. One of her themes is that people are either masters or slaves but occasionally there is a person who refuses to be either and that person becomes persecuted for their refusal to be labeled. The main protagonist of Wild Seed is one of those ...
This is the second Octavia Butler I have read, the first was Kindred. I am really impressed with the deceptive simplicity of her style. It seems very straightforward but there's a big sting in the tail. I end up thinking for a long time afterward about the stories she tells.
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