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Mind of My Mind
- Author
- Octavia E. Butler
- Narrator
- Robin Miles
- Publisher
- Hachette Audio
- Publish Date
- 30 May 2023
- Run Time
- 8 hours 23 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
This deluxe edition includes:
- A new cover and package
- Premium French flaps and newly designed, full-color interior covers
- High-quality paper with elegant deckled-edges
“Vivid ... explosive.” —Publishers Weekly
Mary is a treacherous experiment. Her creator, an immortal named Doro, has molded the human race for generations, seeking out those with unusual talents like telepathy and breeding them into a new subrace of humans who obey his every command. Mary is the result: a young Black woman living on the rough outskirts of Los Angeles in the 1970s, who has no idea how much power she will soon wield.
Doro knows he must handle Mary carefully or risk her ending like his previous experiments: dead, either by her own hand or Doro's. What he doesn't suspect is that Mary's maturing telepathic abilities may soon rival his own power.
By linking telepaths with a viral pattern, she will create the potential to break free of his grip once and for all—and shift the course of humanity.
Critics Review
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PRAISE FOR OCTAVIA E. BUTLER'S NOVELS
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"Brilliant, endlessly rich...pairs well with 1984 or The Handmaid's Tale."—John Green, New York Times(on Parable of the Sower)
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"Wild Seed is a book that shifted my life . . . It is as epic, as game-changing, as moving and brilliant as any science fiction novel ever written."—Viola Davis
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"An internationally acclaimed science fiction writer whose evocative, often troubling, novels explore far-reaching issues of race, sex, power and, ultimately, what it means to be human."—New York Times
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"If we're talking must-read authors like Maya Angelou, James Baldwin, and Toni Morrison, the one-and-only Octavia Butler needs be a part of the conversation. The groundbreaking sci-fi and speculative fiction author was a master of spinning imaginative tales that introduced you to both the possibilities -- and dangers -- of the human race, all while offering lessons on tribalism, race, gender, and sexuality."—O, The Oprah Magazine
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"More than any novel I've ever read, Octavia Butler's Wild Seed examines power, what it means to wield it responsibly and what it means to resist it when it is wielded capriciously."—Rion Amilcar Scott, PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize-winning author of Insurrections
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"In the ongoing contest over which dystopian classic is most applicable to our time, Octavia Butler's 'Parable' books may be unmatched."—New Yorker (on Parableof the Sower)
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"Butler is one of the finest voices in fiction-period . . . A master storyteller with a voice that cradles and captivates, Butler casts an unflinching eye on racism, sexism, poverty and ignorance, and lets the reader see the terror and beauty of human nature."—Washington Post Book World
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"Haunting . . . apocalyptic . . . compelling."—Essence
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Details
- Author
- Octavia E. Butler
- Narrator
- Robin Miles
- Duration
- 8 hours 23 minutes
- Release Date
- 30 May 2023
- ISBN
- 9781668637807
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Hachette Audio
- Genre
- Science fiction: cyberpunk / biopunk, Fiction: general and literary, Science fiction: apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic, Dystopian and utopian fiction, Fiction: general and literary
Synopsis
From the acclaimed author of the Earthseed series, a young woman harnesses the power of a viral mutation and challenges the ruthless man who controls her—at the expense of the human race. This deluxe edition includes:  A new cover and package Premium French flaps and newly designed, full-color interior covers High-quality paper with elegant deckled-edges   “Vivid ... explosive.” —Publishers Weekly Mary is a treacherous experiment. Her creator, an immortal named Doro, has molded the human race for generations, seeking out those with unusual talents like telepathy and breeding them into a new subrace of humans who obey his every command. Mary is the result: a young Black woman living on the rough outskirts of Los Angeles in the 1970s, who has no idea how much power she will soon wield.  Doro knows he must handle Mary carefully or risk her ending like his previous experiments: dead, either by her own hand or Doro's. What he doesn't suspect is that Mary's maturing telepathic abilities may soon rival his own power.  By linking telepaths with a viral pattern, she will create the potential to break free of his grip once and for all—and shift the course of humanity.
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