Clay's Ark
by Butler, Octavia
Clay’s Ark is the last published novel in Octavia Butler’s Patternist Series. The novel is a prequel to others and documents the arrival of the Clay Ark disease that leads to the evolution of the mutant clayarks. The story is set in a near-future dystopia. Blake Maslin is a physician living in Southern California with his twin teenage daughters. They are kidnapped by Eli Doyle, the only survivor of Clay’s Ark spaceship that crashed in the desert. Eli is infected with a dangerous alien microorganism that gives him heightened senses and power but urges him to reproduce. He has isolated himself in the desert to stop the spread of the destructive. The organism kills many, but those who don’t succumb become powerful and have a strong desire to reproduce - mutant offspring that will eradicate the human race. Blake and his children have to decide whether to endanger themselves or humanity.
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NY: St. Martin's Press, 1984. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Book club edition. Octavo (8.5 x 5.75 in.); 186pp.; black papered boards, in dust jacket. A fine copy in a very good (+) jacket with some light creasing and wear at the ends of the spine, which shows mild sun-fading. The final novel in Butler's five-book Patternist series (though the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Clay's Ark : A Novel of Science Fiction
by Butler, Octavia E
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New York: St. Martin's, 1984. [1984]. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Black boards. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. 201pps. There is mild bumping to the spine-ends, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The textblock is immaculate; no apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve,… Read more about this item Item Price
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St Martins Pr. hardcover. Good. 8x5x0. Ships M-F. Good ex-library book. Besides the usual labels and stamps this book also has bumped corners and edges along with general shelf-wear. This is a good reading copy. We protect your purchase with damage-resistant double-layer bubble-wrap packaging where possible. Your purchase helps fund small charities in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana. *Our… Read more about this item Item Price
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St. Martin's Press, 1984. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket in good condition. Book club edition, fifth printing. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Secure packaging for… Read more about this item Item Price
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Clay's Ark
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New York: St Martin's Press, 1984 A First Book Club Edition Of This Book, In Excellent Condition, No Marks Or Inscriptions.Black Paper Covered Boards With Purple Title On Spine. Very Little Shelfwear.Dj Is Complete With Minor Aging Though Spine Is Sun Bleached. Very Minor Rubbing To Rear And Minor Bumping. In Excellent Condition. Item Price
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Clay's Ark.
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CLAY'S ARK
by Butler, Octavia E.
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New York: St. Martin's Press, [1984]. Advance uncorrected proof. A fine copy. Review slip affixed to inside front cover. Scarce signed. (31281). Octavo, printed wrappers. Signed on the title page by Butler. "A returning spaceship bears an alien disease back to Earth. But this is not a standard "plague" story: only a small group of people is infected… Read more about this item Item Price
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Clay's Ark
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US: St Martins Pr, 1984. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good +. First Edition, First Printing. Black cloth over boards with gilt particulars to spine. Pages are clean and unmarked. Text block is lightly soiled. Boards are clean and bright with light rubbing to extremities; ends of spine are bumped. Binding is tight and square.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Clay's Ark
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Clay's Ark (Patternist, 3)
by Butler, Octavia E
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Clay's Ark
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