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A review by mjmitten
Patternmaster by Octavia E. Butler
4.0
This last book fell slightly short of the others, for me, mainly because I felt unsatisfied with the conclusion, and I didn't feel that it had the strength and depth of the others (although I think allowances can be made for this being the first one she wrote). But the journey was enjoyable enough that I'd still highly recommend the series.
Ultimately, the stories told in this series are almost all about different types of slavery. Physical/personal slavery, of external factors such as disease/mutation, mental and sexual and emotional slavery--how we face it, how we accept or reject it, ways we find of either coping or escaping it. It's so powerfully illustrated in so many different and unforgiving ways that the theme resonates. I think that's really the power of something like science fiction: taking concepts that we are removed from and putting them into forms that our imaginations recognize.
Ultimately, the stories told in this series are almost all about different types of slavery. Physical/personal slavery, of external factors such as disease/mutation, mental and sexual and emotional slavery--how we face it, how we accept or reject it, ways we find of either coping or escaping it. It's so powerfully illustrated in so many different and unforgiving ways that the theme resonates. I think that's really the power of something like science fiction: taking concepts that we are removed from and putting them into forms that our imaginations recognize.