Wild Seed (Octavia Butler Novel)
Wild Seed is a science fiction novel by writer Octavia Butler. Although published in 1980 as the fourth book of the Patternist series it is the earliest book in the chronology of the Patternist world. The other books in the series are, in order within the Patternist chronology:Mind of My Mind (1977), Survivor (1978), Clay's Ark (1984), and Patternmaster (1976).
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