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Patternmaster
by Octavia E. Butler
First off, I want to point out that I read these in order of publication, not chronological order. I'm not really sure what is the better way to go. It was pretty interesting getting the story bits at a time, and each book's focus was on something mentioned in previous books, so you could sort of place what you were reading about in the grand scheme.
Patternmaster shows the far, far future, where a society has been created that is completely unlike our current society. People with psychic abilities rule and those without are pretty much just bred to be slaves. There are complex rules in place. They also live in fear of what seems to be a subhuman race called the Clayarks, who can transmit their "mutation" to other people.
To me, the conflict between Teray and Coransee was less interesting than the worldbuilding itself. That's probably a good thing, since the characters themselves are a one-off (being that this is the "final" book in the series, chronologically).
Anyway, it's quite different in tone and content to other sci-fi I've read.
Patternmaster shows the far, far future, where a society has been created that is completely unlike our current society. People with psychic abilities rule and those without are pretty much just bred to be slaves. There are complex rules in place. They also live in fear of what seems to be a subhuman race called the Clayarks, who can transmit their "mutation" to other people.
To me, the conflict between Teray and Coransee was less interesting than the worldbuilding itself. That's probably a good thing, since the characters themselves are a one-off (being that this is the "final" book in the series, chronologically).
Anyway, it's quite different in tone and content to other sci-fi I've read.