Patternmaster
by Butler, Octavia
Patternmaster is Octavia Butler's first published novel. It is the fourth book chronologically in Butler's Patternmaster series. Wild Seed (1980) , Mind of my Mind (1977), and Clay's Ark (1984) follow. Another novel, Survivor (1978), was part of the series, but Butler later disowned the novel and declined to have it reprinted.
Central to the series are Patternists - people with telepathic powers, ruled by a head Patternmaster who can heal and destroy. In Patternmaster, the son of the ruler, Coransee, will stop at nothing to get the throne, even killing his brother. The novel is set in the distant future, and the Patternists are the dominant race, set apart from Clayarks, who are 'diseased' and animalistic, and another mute race that is used as slaves.
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Patternmaster was first published by Doubleday & Company, Inc., New York in 1976. The original hardcover had light gray cloth, a $5.95 price stamp on the front flat of the dust jacket, and ‘First Edition’ on the copyright page.
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Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1976. First edition. First edition, first printing. [vi], 186 pp. Bound in publisher's original beige leatherette boards with spine lettered in black. Very Good with heavy foxing to edges, in a Near Fine dust jacket, light wear, unclipped ($5.95). The first book in Butler's Patternist series to be published, but the last in… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Doubleday & Company, 1976. Original light gray cloth (hardcover) in mylar protected dust-jacket, (8.5 x 5.75 inches). First edition (stated on copyright page), review copy of Butler's first novel with Doubleday's review copy slip laid in. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on title page, "To Joe / the collector / Best Wishes Octavia E. Butler (signed)."… Read more about this item Item Price
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NY: Doubleday & Company, 1976. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First printing of Butler's first book, a science fiction novel about telepaths set in the far distant future. Chronologically the final of five volumes in the Patternist sequence of novels. First edition, stated, with correct "G24" gutter code on p.185. Octavo, 8.5 x 5.75 in. 186pp.… Read more about this item Item Price
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London: Sphere, 1978.. 1st British edition. "The Patternmaster is dying. He rules his own race of selectively bred, psionically powerful Patternists, who in turn dominate the non-telepathic, sevile 'mutes'. A hostile third race - the mutant cannibal Clayarks - preys on the wastes between the cities..." P.176, pages toned, ownerr's name to half-title page. Paperback, creasing to… Read more about this item Item Price
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Doubleday. Collectible - Acceptable. SIGNED! Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1976. 1st edition. 8vo gray cloth with black spine lettering. 186pp. Signed by the author on title page. Fair ex-library copy in a Good dust jacket. Mid-Continent Public Library stamps to the top and bottom edge, copyright page. Library pocket and plates removed. Dampstained along the… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Doubleday & Company. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1976. 1st. Hardcover. 0385121970 . Book has a touch of bumping to top and bottom spine and one corner - if one looks closely. Same is true of spine also slightly rubbed. Light foxing to top of edge of textblock. ; Both book and dustjacket are… Read more about this item Item Price
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Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1976. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition stated, first printing. Bound in publisher's original beige leatherette boards with spine lettered in black. Near Fine in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with minor shelf wear, light toning and light fading to the spine. The first book in Butler's Patternist series… Read more about this item Item Price
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Patternmaster
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Doubleday, 1976T. hardcover. Good. 1.1100 in x 9.1300 in x 6.5700 in. DJ with mild edgewear or bumping. Mild general wear. Pages clean. Binding sound. Mild shelf wear. Surface-level scratching on cover in a couple of spots. Item Price
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Patternmaster
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Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1976. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition, first state with "G24" in the gutter of page 185. Hint of wear the spine ends and usual light speckled purple remainder mark on bottom edge, else fine in very good dust wrapper with creases to front panel, tear with internal tape repair and… Read more about this item Item Price
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