A review by kriswc
Patternmaster by Octavia E. Butler

3.0

I read this series in chronological order of the universe. I wish I could redo that and read them in publication order: Patternmaster, Mind of my Mind, Clay’s Ark, Wild Seed. There’s apparently one more (Survivor) that was removed from publication(?). Curious about that but also understand that life is complicated and sometimes something gets released into the world that you’d rather claw back.

The stories and writing become much richer over time.

In some ways this is a simpler books than the others. It’s mostly one man’s story. The bigger societal questions get touched on but are left hanging.