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A review by smallicedmocha
Patternmaster by Octavia E. Butler
4.0
I had read Wild Seed eleven years ago, thinking it was a standalone. Shortly after finishing it, I realized it was part of The Patternist Series but only now have had the time to finish the entire series. I am a firm believer in reading series in the order they were written/published, so I started with Patternmaster this time around. The writing is very plain and straightforward, and after a few small stumbles with some of the roles different titles play in the society (mute, outsider, etc.) it's easy for the reader to just jump into the novel and plow to the end. I am not a big sci-fi fan, but this is the only one I know that involves a future society that relies on mental powers being so prevalent.
Read as a first book in the series, my rating is definitely higher compared to if it were supposed to be read as the last (which, again, I very much don't believe it should be). This is definitely supposed to be an introduction to a world, not a further expansion or tie-up-the-loose-ends conclusion to anything brought up in the other novels.
Read as a first book in the series, my rating is definitely higher compared to if it were supposed to be read as the last (which, again, I very much don't believe it should be). This is definitely supposed to be an introduction to a world, not a further expansion or tie-up-the-loose-ends conclusion to anything brought up in the other novels.