Clay's Ark

, #3

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Mass market paperback, 213 pages

English language

Published Dec. 26, 1996 by Aspect.

ISBN:
978-0-446-60370-6
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3 stars (1 review)

Asa Elias Doyle and her companions encounter an alien life form so destructive that they exile themselves to the desert to avoid contaminating others, but their compulsion to infect others is overwhelming and, in a desperate plea for help, kidnap a doctor and his two daughters.

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reviewed Clay's Ark by Octavia E. Butler (Patternist, #3)

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3 stars

This is the weakest of the Patternist series thus far. It's tightly plotted but the characters are hastily sketched. Despite this I couldn't put it down. The premise is strong and the world is both depressing and believable. The book fits into the scifi genre with both its strengths (premise, world building, plotting) and its weakness (character development). If you like scifi already it's an enjoyable read. I just know Octavia Butler can do better.