Cover | Title and Author | Summary (Scroll) | Reasons (Scroll) | Tags | Date | Audience |
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Wild Seed by Octavia Butler Series: Patternmaster Book 1 of 4 |
Doro is an entity who changes bodies like clothes, killing his hosts by reflex or design. He fears no one until he meets Anyanwu. Anyanwu is a shapeshifter who can absorb bullets and heal with a kiss and savage anyone who threatens her. She fears no one until she meets Doro. Together they weave a pattern of destiny (from Africa to the New World) unimaginable to mortals. |
African characters |
race, class, Black, African | 1980 | Adult | |
Mind of My Mind by Octavia Butler Series: Patternmaster Book 2 of 4 |
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. |
African and African-American characters and inspirations |
race, class, poly, Black, African | 1977 | Adult | |
Clay's Ark by Octavia Butler Series: Patternmaster Book 3 of 4 |
In a violent near-future, Asa Elias Doyle and her companions encounter an alien life form so heinous and destructive, they exile themselves in the desert so as not to contaminate other humans. To resist the compulsion to infect others is mental agony, but to succumb is to relinquish humanity and free will. Desperate, they kidnap a doctor and his two daughters as they cross the wasteland--and endanger the world. |
African and African-American characters and inspirations |
race, class, poly, Black, African | 1984 | Adult | |
Patternmaster by Octavia Butler Series: Patternmaster Book 4 of 4 |
The Patternist is a telepathic race, commanded by the Patternmaster, whose thoughts can destroy, heal, rule. Coransee, son of the ruling Patternmaster, wants the throne and will stop at nothing to get it, including venture into the wild mutant-infested hills to destroy a young apprentice--his equal and his brother. Previously out of print. |
African and African-American characters and inspirations |
race, class, poly, Black, African | 1976 | Adult |