Wild Seed
by Butler, Octavia
Wild Seed is the first book chronologically in the Patternist series, although it is the fourth published. The story centers around the main characters of Doro and Anyanwu, two immortals living in Africa. Doro is a spirit who can inhabit other people's bodies but kills them recklessly. He is breeding a race of superhumans, along with his son Issac. Anyanwu is a shapeshifting healer and one of the only beings Doro can't sense when she changes into an animal. Doro is compelled and threatened by her power, but she becomes repulsed by his callous murders. If they can work together, they have the true power to change the world. Butler's novel explores eugenics, the ethics of controlled evolution, and the creation of a black superrace through the same means colonists and enslavers used to promote white supremacy. Butler also portrayed a strong black female protagonist when they were nearly nonexistent in American literature.
First Edition Identification
Doubleday published the first edition of Wild Seed in 1980. It has "Stated First Edition" on the copyright page and Code K23 on page 246. The original cover was designed by John Cayea, an artist for Doubleday best known for his iconic cover of Stephen King's The Stand. The illustration on the first edition of Wild Seed portrays Anyanwu, the novel's female shapeshifter protagonist, transforming from an infant into a young adult.
Other Collectible or Notable Editions
Doubleday published the first edition of Wild Seed in 1980. It has "Stated First Edition" on the copyright page and Code K23 on page 246. The original cover was designed by John Cayea, an artist for Doubleday best known for his iconic cover of Stephen King's The Stand. The illustration on the first edition of Wild Seed portrays Anyanwu, the novel's female shapeshifter protagonist, transforming from an infant into a young adult.
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Wild Seed (Patternist)
by Octavia E. Butler
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- 1988-12-01
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Wild Seed
by Butler, Octavia E
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- 1980-07-01
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Doubleday, 1980-07-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8x5x0. Signed by Author. Signed and inscribed by Octavia E. Butler on title page. Stated first edition. Published by Doubleday, 1980. Hardcover in jacket, price intact on jacket flap. Clean and bright. No remainder spray. Binding strong and square. Slightest rubbing to jacket. Appears unread. Lovely copy in fine condition. Jacket now… Read more about this item Item Price
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Wild Seed (Patternist)
by Octavia E. Butler
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1989 Questar Mass Market Paperback. 1st printing. Pages clean, unmarked & bright. Upper right corner has small ding, else cover wraps glossy. Binding tight, straight & not creased. In tight, unread condition.
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Wild Seed
by Butler, Octavia E.
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- 1980
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Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Co Inc, 1980. Clean and tight. Sharp corners. Slight slant. Ex-library copy with a clean pocket on the last page. Withdrawn stamped on the title page and on the inside of the back cover. Library number stamped on the title page. Faint tape marks on the boards. Library… Read more about this item Item Price
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Wild Seed
by Octavia E. Butler
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- 1981
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WILD SEED (SIGNED & INSCRIBED)
by Butler, Octavia E.
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New York: Doubleday, 1980. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Fine in fine dust jacket, with no remainder spray, as is often found with this book and just a minor bump at the base of spine. Very sharp copy.. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Fourth novel published in the PATTERNIST series, although, chronologically first in the story.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Wild Seed
by Octavia E. Butler
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Wild Seed
by Butler, Octavia E.
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- First Edition First Printing
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- 1980
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Wild Seed by Octavia E. Butler. Signed by Octavia Butler on title page. Fine with very light shelf wear being only located at the verty bottom of the spine and likewise a tiny wrinkle bottom of dust jacket at spine. Unclipped dust jacket which is protected by professional mylar cover. Though this is the 4th published book in Butler"s… Read more about this item Item Price
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Wild Seed (Inscribed First Edition)
by Octavia E Butler
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- 1980
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Stated First Edition/First Printing; A Near Fine book in a Near Fine dust jacket. SIGNED and inscribed by the author to the title page. An exceptional copy of this title, uncommon in this condition, particularly signed. This copy is in near fine condition with only light rubbing to the spine ends and lower edges, else fine; housed in a clean… Read more about this item Item Price
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WILD SEED
by Butler, Octavia E.
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- 1980
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Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
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Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1980. First edition. Very good plus in a very good jacket.. Signed first printing of the fourth book in the Patternist series - inscribed to the owner of an important Black bookstore. Taking place chronologically first in the epic storyline that first helped make Butler's reputation, this story of two… Read more about this item Item Price
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Wild Seed
by Octavia E. Butler
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- July 1980
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Santa Maria, California, USA
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Doubleday , July 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Used - Good/Good. Stated first edition; light edgewear to dust jacket, minor scuffing to covers, name of former owners inscribed on ffep, book block otherwise clean and square, binding good. Item Price
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Wild Seed
by Butler, Octavia E.
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Wild Seed.
by Butler, Octavia E
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- 1980
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Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1980. First edition of the fourth book in the Patternist series. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Octavia E. Butler on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by John Cayea. Jacket Typography by Dennis McClellan. An exceptional example. The fourth book in Butler's Patternist series, Wild Seed… Read more about this item Item Price
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Wild Seed (Patternist, 1)
by Butler, Octavia E
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Wild Seed
by Butler, Octavia E.
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- Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1980
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Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1980. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by Octavia E. Butler on the title page. Near Fine with light remainder spray to bottom textblock edge, faint toning to pages, faint shelf wear, in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket. Though this is the fourth published book in… Read more about this item Item Price
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Wild Seed (Patternists)
by Octavia E. Butler
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- New
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- March 2020
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- Trade Paperback
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- 9781538751480
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Grand Central Publishing, March 2020. Trade Paperback. New. Shipping fee applies to first book, there is no additional shipping fee for addition books from our store. All of our books are in clean, readable condition (unless noted otherwise). Our books generally have a store sticker on the inside cover with our in store pricing. Being used books,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Wild Seed
by Octavia E. Butler
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1980
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Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1980. Very Good/Very Good. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1980. First Edition, stated. Octavo. 248 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with "$10.00" price present. Maroon boards stamped in silver.
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Wild Seed
by Butler, Octavia E
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- 03/17/2020
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Wild Seed (Patternist, 1)
by Butler, Octavia E
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Wild Seed (Patternist, 1)
by Butler, Octavia E
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- 2001-04-01
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