Wild Seed (novel)

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Wild Seed

First edition (US)
Author	Octavia Butler
Cover artist	John Cayea[1]
Language	English
Series	Patternist series
Genre	Science fiction
Publisher	Doubleday Books (US) Sidgwick & Jackson (UK)
Publication place	United States
Published in English	1980
Media type	Print (Hardcover and paperback)
Pages	248 pp
ISBN	0-385-15160-8
OCLC	731027178
Preceded by	Survivor
Followed by	Clay's Ark

Wild Seed is a science fiction novel by American writer Octavia Butler. Although published in 1980 as the fourth book of the Patternist series, it is the earliest book in the chronology of the Patternist world. The other books in the series are, in order within the Patternist chronology: Mind of My Mind (1977), Clay's Ark (1984), Survivor (1978), and Patternmaster (1976).