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PatternistSeries
series6 books1976
completed
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“The Patternist series is a group of science fiction novels by Octavia E. Butler that detail a secret history continuing from the Ancient Egyptian period to the far future that involves telepathic mind control and an extraterrestrial plague.”
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MidnightNovel
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DreamcatcherNovel
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