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Octavia E. Butler

Clay's Ark Hardcover – January 1, 1984

by Octavia E. Butler (Author)

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Book 3 of 4: The Patternist Series

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St. Martin's Press
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January 1, 1984
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000OB7EZY
Publisher ‏ : ‎ St. Martin's Press; Book Club Edition (January 1, 1984)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.6 ounces

Best Sellers Rank: #1,394,135 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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OCTAVIA E. BUTLER (1947–2006) was the renowned author of numerous ground-breaking novels, including Kindred, Wild Seed, and Parable of the Sower. Recipient of the Locus, Hugo and Nebula awards, and a PEN Lifetime Achievement Award for her body of work, in 1995 she became the first science- fiction writer to receive the MacArthur Fellowship ‘Genius Grant’. A pioneer of her genre, Octavia’s dystopian novels explore myriad themes of Black injustice, women’s rights, global warming and political disparity, and her work is taught in over two hundred colleges and universities nationwide.

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lucyblue

astonishing writer - this isn't my favorite series of hers but i did like this 3rd ...

Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2016

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astonishing writer - this isn't my favorite series of hers but i did like this 3rd book much better than the 2nd. First book in series, Wild Seed, is one of the best books i've ever read. Just wish butler hadn't left this world already so we could look forward to more amazing novels. No one shows the horrors of slavery, especially mental and emotional servitude, like she did.

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Vandy Jackson

What happened to the original plot of our story?

Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2021

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Clark's Ark is an incredibly well written story about an microscopic invasion on one's humanity.
And one man's fight and terrible acceptance of defeat against them.
Octavia's ability to create character's whom I know I should hate, with behaviors I know I should be disgusted by, and give them redeeming qualities is simply amazing. She also has a terrible ability to rip away characters she has forced you to fall in love with, tearing away the very fabric of their personality to end a persona they so desperately cling to. It is horrific to watch them be changed by the unfortunate events they are so haplessly guided into. But, the purpose is more than understood.

I would like to know how this ties into our Patternist series though, it seems like a completely different story. I guess I'll hopefully find out in the next book.

.On To The Next Adventrue.

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Ashley

Great read.

Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2017

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Still haven't been able to put this series down. Curious if it all wraps together somehow. Well see, I guess!

Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2015

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Not as good as the other four but still fascinating to learn how the Clayarks evolved.

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Katheryn Bean Katheryn J Bean

Wonderful reading

Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2015

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Fantastic book. Excellent writing wish we had not lost her. I believe she had many more stories to tell.

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J.R. Maven

Highly imaginable

Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2020

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This book happened. And Octavia Butler's uncanny ability to articulate a potential world where humans and the unknown coexist—is foreboding.
Who would have ever considered a planet, our planet, to be viewed with such fascinating speculation?
How does this book possess so much substance with a great interpretation of what most would believe to be absurd or impossible?

Great story. Highly imaginable. Original.

Octavia tells you a story—that should be told, through her incredible imagination...

Clay's Ark

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Cleo F. Wilson

Clay's Ark

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Octavia Butler's writing totally captures my imagination and challenges my view of humanity and how we deal with the end of life as we know it.

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Mr. G

Well-written, but really depressing

Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2021

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The book leads inexorably to an apocalypse caused by a organism that speaks rapidly. This ain't the best book for people spooked by our pandemic. It seems rather plausible. Ms. Butler was totally awesome & I love her stuff. I docked Clay's Ark by one star because it made me feel sad.

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N. Maddy

Damn good read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 24, 2012

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This is a great novel, set over maybe a week a couple of days, This book could easily be a successful cult low budget movie and I am wondering why no one has tried up till now.

The story follows a father and his two daughters who are off on a trip and get abducted by strangers. The strangers look sick and take them back to their 'village' where everyone else looks just as ill. One of the daughters has Leukemia and it's not clear whether she will survive the ordeal, but the strangers seem pretty tolerant...until they explain to their captures the reason for their abduction.

The novel delves into the past as well as the present throughout the novel and it works tremendously. I would highly recommend this novel to anyone who hasn't read any of Octavia Butler's work but is wondering which book to try first.

Anyone who reads this book will not be disappointing, it's a page turner and a half.

Moira McCallum

i am happy

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 17, 2015

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Not what I expected but still a good story

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