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Mind of My Mind
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Mind of My Mind Paperback - 1994

by Octavia E. Butler

For 4,000 years, an immortal has spread the seeds of a master race, using the downtrodden as his private breeding stock. But now a young ghetto telepath has found a way to awaken--and rule--her superhuman kind, igniting a psychic battle as she challenges her creator for her right to free her people.


About this book

The second novel in the Patternist series, Mind of My Mind, is a sequel to Patternmaster and recounts how the Patternist society originated. Set in Forsyth, California, in the 1970s, it is the story of Mary, a young, poor biracial woman who, after accessing her previously latent telepathic powers, must fight her immortal father Doro to preserve the lives of the Patternist community.

From the publisher

A young woman harnesses the power of a viral mutation and challenges the ruthless man who controls her, in this brilliantly provocative novel from the award-winning author of Parable of the Sower. Mary is a treacherous experiment. Her creator, an immortal named Doro, has molded the human race for generations, seeking out those with unusual talents like telepathy and breeding them into a new subrace of humans who obey his every command. The result is Mary: a young black woman living on the rough outskirts of Los Angeles in the 1970s, who has no idea how much power she will soon wield. Doro knows he must handle Mary carefully or risk her ending like his previous experiments: dead, either by her own hand or Doro's. What he doesn't suspect is that Mary's maturing telepathic abilities may soon rival his own power. By linking telepaths with a viral pattern, she will create the potential to break free of his control once and for all-and shift the course of humanity.

First line

"Well." He narrowed his eyes a little and sort of peered at me.

First Edition Identification

The first edition of Mind of My Mind was published by Doubleday & Company, Inc. in 1977. The original jacket design was by Jan Esteves.


Details

  • Title Mind of My Mind
  • Author Octavia E. Butler
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Thus
  • Pages 224
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Grand Central Publishing, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  • Date August 1, 1994
  • ISBN 9780446361880 / 0446361887
  • Weight 0.24 lbs (0.11 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.73 x 4.2 x 0.65 in (17.09 x 10.67 x 1.65 cm)
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Library of Congress subjects Science fiction
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

About the author

OCTAVIA E. BUTLERwas a renowned writer who received a MacArthur "Genius" Grant and PEN West Lifetime Achievement Award for her body of work. She was the author of several award-winning novels including Parable of the Sower, which was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, and was acclaimed for her lean prose, strong protagonists, and social observations in stories that range from the distant past to the far future. Sales of her books have increased enormously since her death as the issues she addressed in her Afrofuturistic, feminist novels and short fiction have only become more relevant. She passed away on February 24, 2006.
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