when i first read this series (albeit out of order), patternmaster was my favorite
but now mind of my mind is my favorite
and reading the books altogether makes the patternist story far more meaningful
but now mind of my mind is my favorite
and reading the books altogether makes the patternist story far more meaningful
November 8, 2026 at 5:21 AM
when i first read this series (albeit out of order), patternmaster was my favorite
but now mind of my mind is my favorite
and reading the books altogether makes the patternist story far more meaningful
but now mind of my mind is my favorite
and reading the books altogether makes the patternist story far more meaningful
decided to ditch the ebooks and throw money into oldschool paper for my parternist reread
November 1, 2026 at 11:53 PM
decided to ditch the ebooks and throw money into oldschool paper for my parternist reread
patternist still feels revelatory years after reading. this graph from milesklee.bsky.social is getting me back on the gentleman bastard series (it's close to pure plot, but locke and jean are flawed enough to be fun). balle queued now; love a fastidious white kook island writing.
November 7, 2026 at 2:32 PM
patternist still feels revelatory years after reading. this graph from milesklee.bsky.social is getting me back on the gentleman bastard series (it's close to pure plot, but locke and jean are flawed enough to be fun). balle queued now; love a fastidious white kook island writing.
the latest artwork on octavia butler's patternist series is insane
November 1, 2026 at 11:50 PM
the latest artwork on octavia butler's patternist series is insane
PATTERNIST! silly typos
November 2, 2026 at 4:14 PM
PATTERNIST! silly typos
Uhh probably the Patternist Series from Octavia Butler
What's your favorite book series?
October 28, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Uhh probably the Patternist Series from Octavia Butler
Q4: #HorrorWritersChat
Octavia Butler, a Patternist ghost story from Doro’s place in deep time. He’s some sort of living mind that can occupy any body. He’s met others like him, but maybe pit him against something like himself but more deeply cosmic.
Octavia Butler, a Patternist ghost story from Doro’s place in deep time. He’s some sort of living mind that can occupy any body. He’s met others like him, but maybe pit him against something like himself but more deeply cosmic.
The veil between worlds is thinner.
Q4: #HorrorWritersChat - If you could ask one of the Dearly Departed to return for one night and tell us a scary story, who would you ask and why?
What kind of story would you ask for?
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What kind of story would you ask for?
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October 28, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Q4: #HorrorWritersChat
Octavia Butler, a Patternist ghost story from Doro’s place in deep time. He’s some sort of living mind that can occupy any body. He’s met others like him, but maybe pit him against something like himself but more deeply cosmic.
Octavia Butler, a Patternist ghost story from Doro’s place in deep time. He’s some sort of living mind that can occupy any body. He’s met others like him, but maybe pit him against something like himself but more deeply cosmic.
Sorry for the delay! Wild Seed - 1st in Octavia Butler's Patternist series. Born to an Igbo tribe, Anyanwu, a shape-changing immortal is forced into bondage by another soul-eating immortal, Doro, & must plot against him to secure the lives of her family. multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1...
Wild Seed — Multnomah County Library
Wild Seed — Butler, Octavia E. — An entity who changes bodies like clothes, killing his hosts by reflex, Doro fears no one until he meets Anyanwu, who can absorb bullets and make medicine with a kiss,...
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October 29, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Sorry for the delay! Wild Seed - 1st in Octavia Butler's Patternist series. Born to an Igbo tribe, Anyanwu, a shape-changing immortal is forced into bondage by another soul-eating immortal, Doro, & must plot against him to secure the lives of her family. multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1...
If you’ve not read it, Clay’s Ark (Patternist series) is fascinating in format. The chronology of chapters is interwoven. Chapter 1 is the chronological beginning. Chapter 2 is the chronological end. The end of the book is the chronological middle.
1, 10, 2, 9, 3, 8, 4, 7, 5, 6. Like that. 👀
1, 10, 2, 9, 3, 8, 4, 7, 5, 6. Like that. 👀
October 16, 2026 at 7:50 PM
If you’ve not read it, Clay’s Ark (Patternist series) is fascinating in format. The chronology of chapters is interwoven. Chapter 1 is the chronological beginning. Chapter 2 is the chronological end. The end of the book is the chronological middle.
1, 10, 2, 9, 3, 8, 4, 7, 5, 6. Like that. 👀
1, 10, 2, 9, 3, 8, 4, 7, 5, 6. Like that. 👀
14: patternmaster by octavia e. butler
the callbacks to earlier books made this such a fun read, especially finding threads back to some of my favorite characters. a satisfying end to the patternist series, and like every book before it, it left me hungry for more.
the callbacks to earlier books made this such a fun read, especially finding threads back to some of my favorite characters. a satisfying end to the patternist series, and like every book before it, it left me hungry for more.
October 13, 2026 at 2:38 AM
14: patternmaster by octavia e. butler
the callbacks to earlier books made this such a fun read, especially finding threads back to some of my favorite characters. a satisfying end to the patternist series, and like every book before it, it left me hungry for more.
the callbacks to earlier books made this such a fun read, especially finding threads back to some of my favorite characters. a satisfying end to the patternist series, and like every book before it, it left me hungry for more.
Survivor is a rare one to get hold of. Butler didn't want it reprinted, so reading the missing piece of the Patternist books with that in mind is fascinating. Curious what you make of it by the end.
October 11, 2026 at 11:04 AM
Survivor is a rare one to get hold of. Butler didn't want it reprinted, so reading the missing piece of the Patternist books with that in mind is fascinating. Curious what you make of it by the end.
been listening to Octavia Butler's Patternist series during work sessions and I gotta say I don't think I could've correctly guessed how the third book would start.
October 7, 2026 at 10:29 PM
been listening to Octavia Butler's Patternist series during work sessions and I gotta say I don't think I could've correctly guessed how the third book would start.
i’m nearly finished with Wild Seed by Octavia Butler. brilliant and haunting, one of those books i’ll think about for years. it’s the first book of the Patternist series.
weird thing is i accidentally read the third book first (Clay’s Ark)
weird thing is i accidentally read the third book first (Clay’s Ark)
October 5, 2026 at 2:17 PM
i’m nearly finished with Wild Seed by Octavia Butler. brilliant and haunting, one of those books i’ll think about for years. it’s the first book of the Patternist series.
weird thing is i accidentally read the third book first (Clay’s Ark)
weird thing is i accidentally read the third book first (Clay’s Ark)
This is funny because Clays Ark is the second book I ever read by Octavia Butler (after Bloodchild and other stories) and only later realized I dropped myself smack dab in the middle of a series. Have since done the Parables and the Liliths Brood trilogy. Haven’tt done any more Patternist yet!
October 5, 2026 at 2:53 PM
This is funny because Clays Ark is the second book I ever read by Octavia Butler (after Bloodchild and other stories) and only later realized I dropped myself smack dab in the middle of a series. Have since done the Parables and the Liliths Brood trilogy. Haven’tt done any more Patternist yet!
www.youtube.com/shorts/ev55j... Ukraine needs some dam-buster bombs for these obstacles.
British bouncing bomb test Camera man's close call #Colourized footage 🇬🇧 💣 🎥
YouTube video by The Patternist World War History Colourized
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October 4, 2026 at 9:54 AM
www.youtube.com/shorts/ev55j... Ukraine needs some dam-buster bombs for these obstacles.
オクテイヴィア・バトラーのゼノジェネシス三部作を読み返したくなり（読んだのが20年以上前…）、でかい合本版のペーパーバックを開くのはもうダルいのであらためてKindle版を買ったのですが、検索結果に長編「Survivor」が出てきてびっくり。見間違いかと思った。
パターニスト・シリーズと呼ばれる長編五部作の四作めなのですが、著者が出来を気に入らず絶版、入手困難になっていたやつです。今年の9月におよそ50年ぶりに再販だって…！
故人にちゃんとOKもらったの？というかなり本質的に重要な疑問は残りますが、買ってしまった…
www.amazon.co.jp/Survivor-Pat...
パターニスト・シリーズと呼ばれる長編五部作の四作めなのですが、著者が出来を気に入らず絶版、入手困難になっていたやつです。今年の9月におよそ50年ぶりに再販だって…！
故人にちゃんとOKもらったの？というかなり本質的に重要な疑問は残りますが、買ってしまった…
www.amazon.co.jp/Survivor-Pat...
Amazon | Survivor (Patternist Book 4) (English Edition) [Kindle edition] by Butler, Octavia E. | Literary | Kindleストア
Survivor (Patternist Book 4) (English Edition) [Kindle edition] by Butler, Octavia E.. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taki...
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October 1, 2026 at 11:45 AM
オクテイヴィア・バトラーのゼノジェネシス三部作を読み返したくなり（読んだのが20年以上前…）、でかい合本版のペーパーバックを開くのはもうダルいのであらためてKindle版を買ったのですが、検索結果に長編「Survivor」が出てきてびっくり。見間違いかと思った。
パターニスト・シリーズと呼ばれる長編五部作の四作めなのですが、著者が出来を気に入らず絶版、入手困難になっていたやつです。今年の9月におよそ50年ぶりに再販だって…！
故人にちゃんとOKもらったの？というかなり本質的に重要な疑問は残りますが、買ってしまった…
www.amazon.co.jp/Survivor-Pat...
パターニスト・シリーズと呼ばれる長編五部作の四作めなのですが、著者が出来を気に入らず絶版、入手困難になっていたやつです。今年の9月におよそ50年ぶりに再販だって…！
故人にちゃんとOKもらったの？というかなり本質的に重要な疑問は残りますが、買ってしまった…
www.amazon.co.jp/Survivor-Pat...
OMG they released the fourth book in Octavia Butler’s Patternist series for the first time in 50 years?!?!!
September 29, 2026 at 2:41 AM
OMG they released the fourth book in Octavia Butler’s Patternist series for the first time in 50 years?!?!!
So…nobody was gone say shit about this being in PRINT?!
September 28, 2026 at 2:42 AM
So…nobody was gone say shit about this being in PRINT?!
Anyways, Mind of My Mind is excellent. I think i may slightly prefer Wild Seed, but the Patternist books were absolutely the Octavia Butler books I needed at this exact moment in my life.
September 20, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Anyways, Mind of My Mind is excellent. I think i may slightly prefer Wild Seed, but the Patternist books were absolutely the Octavia Butler books I needed at this exact moment in my life.
Nearing the end of Mind of My Mind and having a mild freakout about the bit where they talk about how 37 was the oldest any Patternist ever came online as a telepath and how I was 36 going into 37 the first time i had a prolonged psychotic episode (that tried to convince me i was telepathic).
September 20, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Nearing the end of Mind of My Mind and having a mild freakout about the bit where they talk about how 37 was the oldest any Patternist ever came online as a telepath and how I was 36 going into 37 the first time i had a prolonged psychotic episode (that tried to convince me i was telepathic).
In Octavia E Butler’s Patternist, Wild Seed in particular, the character Doro is a spirit who can inhabit anyone’s body at will, but kills that person, now occupying their form. If he was “killed,” he would just be a spirit again and occupy someone else.
What is this “monster” called? Any culture…
What is this “monster” called? Any culture…
September 13, 2026 at 5:06 PM
In Octavia E Butler’s Patternist, Wild Seed in particular, the character Doro is a spirit who can inhabit anyone’s body at will, but kills that person, now occupying their form. If he was “killed,” he would just be a spirit again and occupy someone else.
What is this “monster” called? Any culture…
What is this “monster” called? Any culture…
Went and bought Auntie Octavia's Survivor.
I've read everything else in the Patternist series up to this point.
Minus whale.
I've read everything else in the Patternist series up to this point.
Minus whale.
September 13, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Went and bought Auntie Octavia's Survivor.
I've read everything else in the Patternist series up to this point.
Minus whale.
I've read everything else in the Patternist series up to this point.
Minus whale.
It's a world that's near impossible to imagine, exceeding the scope of a movie or television show, let alone the attention spans of those watching. The stuff novels are made of, like Morrison's Patternist series, which required FIVE books to rewrite how earth works.
September 12, 2026 at 6:24 PM
It's a world that's near impossible to imagine, exceeding the scope of a movie or television show, let alone the attention spans of those watching. The stuff novels are made of, like Morrison's Patternist series, which required FIVE books to rewrite how earth works.
3. Patternmaster by Octavia Butler
Patternist is my last unread Butler series, so I decided to read in publication order instead of chronological so I don’t end on her first-ever novel. You can def tell this was her first book bc the prose is especially spare and unadorned, and the story basically—
Patternist is my last unread Butler series, so I decided to read in publication order instead of chronological so I don’t end on her first-ever novel. You can def tell this was her first book bc the prose is especially spare and unadorned, and the story basically—
September 12, 2026 at 5:25 PM
3. Patternmaster by Octavia Butler
Patternist is my last unread Butler series, so I decided to read in publication order instead of chronological so I don’t end on her first-ever novel. You can def tell this was her first book bc the prose is especially spare and unadorned, and the story basically—
Patternist is my last unread Butler series, so I decided to read in publication order instead of chronological so I don’t end on her first-ever novel. You can def tell this was her first book bc the prose is especially spare and unadorned, and the story basically—
Octavia E. Butler’s Survivor is back in print after nearly 50 years. The new edition adds Alyssa Collins’s historical introduction and “A Necessary Being,” the Patternist series’ only short story.
https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/octavia-e-butler/survivor/9781538766170/ #SciFi #Books
https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/octavia-e-butler/survivor/9781538766170/ #SciFi #Books
Survivor
Returning to print after nearly 50 years, Survivor completes Octavia E. Butler’s thrilling Patternist series, including a short story from the Patternist s...
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September 11, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Octavia E. Butler’s Survivor is back in print after nearly 50 years. The new edition adds Alyssa Collins’s historical introduction and “A Necessary Being,” the Patternist series’ only short story.
https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/octavia-e-butler/survivor/9781538766170/ #SciFi #Books
https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/octavia-e-butler/survivor/9781538766170/ #SciFi #Books