279 pages

English language

Published Dec. 1, 1988 by Grand Central Publishing.

ISBN:
978-0-445-20537-6
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OCLC Number:
505704343

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5 stars (2 reviews)

Doro is an entity who changes bodies like clothes, killing his hosts by reflex--or design. He fears no one--until he meets Anyanwu. Anyanwu has also died many times. She can absorb bullets and make medicine with a kiss, give birth to tribes, nurture and heal, and savage anyone who threatens those she loves. She fears no one--until she meets Doro. From African jungles to the colonies of America, Doro and Anyanwu weave together a pattern of destiny that not even immortals can imagine.

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reviewed Wild Seed by Octavia E. Butler (Patternmaster, #1)

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4 stars

Not as good as "Dawn" but still a very compelling read.

In the chronology of the Patternist books, this is the first book, but it was the last to be written. If I could do it over again, I would read the books in the order they were written rather than the order of the story. Octavia Butler clearly matured as a writer or at least developed her ideas for this series by the time she got tow writing Wild Seed. It's the best of the Patternist books.