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Sto caricando le informazioni... Seed to Harvest (originale 2007; edizione 2014)di Octavia E. Butler
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. First the non-spoilers. If you cruise the reviews you'll see a lot of discussion about the preferred reading order of the books in this collection. Some say publication order but I disagree and the story order presented in this collection is what I suggest. Events and themes Butler presents in the first two books affected my interpretation of the themes in the second two books. I found the first book to be the most challenging for me primarily because of the theme. Butler is pretty blunt and brutal in her use of slavery and I had to put the book down from time-to-time in order to think about it before I was willing to continue. *****OK. Now for some spoilers.***** I'm pretty ignorant of the history of slavery outside of what is typically presented in US schools and whatever else I've picked up afterwards. Butler quickly sets it up in the first book with Doro. He eagerly enslaves people for his selective breeding program over the centuries. Most of his subjects either willingly agree or reluctantly agree when they discover that it's either that or die since there's almost no way to escape from Doro. He even gets another potential immortal, Anyanwu, to assist him. In the second book the slavery theme continues but now the enslaved people find a way to adapt and then begin enslaving others to fulfill the "Pattern". The third book is why I believe this collection is the best order. We find out about what will later be called the Clayarks disease and I see it as another form of enslavement except this time it's by an extraterrestrial organism. The infected people don't like it but they are forced to enslave others. They initially try to do it in a way that will have a minimal affect on the human population but that eventually fails. I think it's an interesting contrast to the slavery theme presented in the first two books. By the time the fourth book starts most of the human race is enslaved by the Pattern or by the Clayarks disease. Some people are independents but even they are often forced to choose. There are other themes like gender but the slavery one was the most powerful to me. It's disturbing to me to think about how casual people were about slavery and about how some seem to cast it aside as if it were just an historical footnote even though it's still happening. A gyűjtemény cÃme "The Complete Patternist Series" ami kissé meglepÅ‘ módon a Patternist sorozat öt könyve közül csak négyet tartalmaz, mert az ötödikkel utólag nagyon elégedetlen volt az Ãró. A könyveket kronológiai (és nem publikációs) sorrendben olvastam. Wild Seed Egy utólag Ãrt elÅ‘zményregény, ahol két különleges képességekkel rendelkezÅ‘ karakter élettörténetét ismerjük meg. A két szereplÅ‘ tényleg érdekes, a többi karakter is izgalmas, de a kb. évszázadonként elÅ‘reugró történet egy idÅ‘ után eléggé repetitÃvnek tűnt. Mind of My Mind Ennek a könyvnek az elÅ‘zményregénye volt a Wild Seed. Csak pár évvel Ãrta korábban a szerzÅ‘, mégis gyengébbnek éreztem az Ãrás minÅ‘ségét, a viszonylag kevés karaktert is folyamatosan összekevertem, ráadásul a korábbi regényben megismert két karakter is sokkal kevésbé tűnt itt fontosnak, mint az elÅ‘zÅ‘ regény alapján vártam. Clay's Ark Ez a könyv egy teljesen új történet, látszólag semmi köze az elÅ‘zÅ‘ két regényhez (kivéve a könyv végét). Egy korrekt módon megÃrt regény, ami egy új csoportot mutat be, csak éppen az nem világos, hogy miért is fontos az a csoport. Patternmaster Az idÅ‘rendben utolsó regényt Ãrta Butler legelÅ‘ször, itt érnek össze a szálak, nagyon leegyszerűsÃtve, az elsÅ‘ két regénynek megismert csoport (akiket jobban megismerünk) küzd a harmadik regény csoportjával (akik inkább csak az arctalan ellenség szerepét töltik be). Összefoglalva engem túlzottan nem fogott meg ez a regénysorozat, a korábbi regények nincsenek túl jól megÃrva, a késÅ‘bbiek pedig csak elÅ‘zményregények amelyek önmagukban nem állnak meg. Ha valakit érdekel ez a sorozat, akkor szerintem az elsÅ‘ként megÃrt Patternmastert érdemes elolvasni, és csak akkor továbbmenni, ha az nagyon tetszett. Octavia E. Butler is by far one of the best Sci-fi authors I've had the pleasure to discover. This series is no different. Following generations expertly, keeping the focal character at any given point absolutely engaging, and then daring to erase them is a feat not often achievable in fiction. Yet she does it with style and grace. Superb. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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HTML:The complete Patternist seriesâ??the acclaimed science fiction epic of a world transformed by a secret race of telepaths and their devastating rise to power. In the late seventeenth century, two immortals meet in an African forest. Anyanwu is a healer, a three-hundred-year-old woman who uses her wisdom to help those around her. The other is Doro, a malevolent despot who has mastered the power of stealing the bodies of others when his wears out. Together they will change the world. Over the next three centuries, Doro mounts a colossal selective breeding project, attempting to create a master race of telepaths. He succeeds beyond his wildest dreams, splitting the human race down the middle and establishing a new world order dominated by the most manipulative minds on Earth. In these four novels, award-winning author Octavia E. Butler tells the classic story that began her legendary career: a mythic tale of the transformation of civilization. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Octavia E. Butler including rare images from the author's esta Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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I thought Butler's characterization had something distant about it, since a lot revolved about an almost rational struggle. This by no means stopped me from being engaged in the story. In this way, it reminds of John Wyndham's writing. The stories were most intriguing and raised a lot of issues surrounding slavery and free will that are relevant to this day. ( )