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Title: Mind of My Mind by Octavia E. Butler ISBN: 0-446-36188-7 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.84 (19 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: My Favorite Book, I've read it at least 5 times!!
Comment: This book is great, I have read all of Octavia Butler's stories, and I think this one is my favorite. In this story, which can be considered the second in the series after Wild Seed, all of Doro's tampering finally comes to a head with his daughter Mary. Mary has the unique talent of being able to tie many telepaths together in a pattern. I think that this is one of the best written books I have read. Butler is really able to take you right to the spot, which is difficult to do, especially with science-fiction. Even if you haven't read Wild Seed, this book can easily stand on it's own, but I also recommend reading Wild Seed and the books that come after Mind of My Mind, Clay's Ark and Patternmaster.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Read One of my fav. O.Butler books
Comment: I enjoyed this book very much. They way she introduced each character was like starting a new book. They each seem unrelated but all have a strong power that connects them. I highly reccomend this book.
Rating: 4
Summary: An unsentimental view of human society
Comment: After thousands of years, the immortal Doro's breeding program has finally produced a young female telepath who becomes the cornerstone of a psionic network, a new kind of society called the Pattern. However, Doro and Mary can't see eye to eye, and conflict slowly comes to a head...
Butler sees human nature as paradoxical: people need communities and families to be healthy and sane, but humanity is inherently hierarchical and compelled to compete for power. Human society fosters both love and violence.
Butler is pretty honest about the uglier aspects of the Pattern, a society where mind-control is a regular practice, and non-telepathic "mutes" are well-tended slaves. However, when you compare it to life without the Pattern, thousands of people living in hopeless schizophrenia from uncontrolled telepathy, you can understand their decisions. As in most of Butler's fiction, it's about how people live in imperfect situations. Ask yourself what you would do in their place....
The book is a bit talky in places. The strength of the book is the characterization and dialogue, and Butler's perspective is unique and thought-provoking.
Spoilers
My only real complaint about this book is Anyanwu/Emma's role in the story. "Wild Seed" ends with her winning the war of wills with Doro, retaining her personal autonomy. I thought she would jump at the chance to renegotiate the terms of the society Doro created, but instead she just has a few cameos and sides with Doro to the end. It undermines the strength and integrity of her character as established in "Wild Seed".
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Title: Wild Seed by Octavia E. Butler ISBN: 0446606723 Publisher: Aspect Pub. Date: 01 February, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Patternmaster by Octavia E. Butler ISBN: 0446362816 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 1995 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Clay's Ark by Octavia E. Butler ISBN: 0446603708 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 1996 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Lilith's Brood by Octavia E. Butler ISBN: 0446676101 Publisher: Aspect Pub. Date: 01 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Kindred (Black Women Writers Series) by Octavia Butler ISBN: 0807083054 Publisher: Beacon Press Pub. Date: 01 August, 1988 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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