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Author: Octavia E. Butler
Year: 1980
Type: NOVEL
Series: Patternist
Series Number: 4
Wikipedia Entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Seed_(Octavia_Butler_novel)
ISFDB Record Number: 842
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Variant Titles:
- Seme selvaggio [Italian] (1991) - Octavia E. Butler
Awards:
- 1981 Locus Poll Award - Best SF Novel (Place: 12)
- 1995 James Tiptree, Jr. Award - Retrospective (Nomination)
Publications:
- Wild Seed, (Jul 1980, Octavia E. Butler, publ. Doubleday, 0-385-15160-8, $10.00, 248pp, hc) Cover: John Cayea
- Wild Seed, (Sep 1980, Octavia E. Butler, publ. Sidgwick & Jackson, 0-283-98592-5, £6.95, 248pp, hc) Cover: Peter Bowman
- Wild Seed, (Sep 1981, Octavia E. Butler, publ. Timescape / Pocket Books, 0-671-43066-1, $2.75, 256pp, pb) - [VERIFIED]
- Science Fiction Special 44, (1983, uncredited, publ. Sidgwick & Jackson (Science Fiction Special #44), 0-283-99027-9, £, 248+319+286pp, hc, omni)
- Wild Seed, (Dec 1988, Octavia E. Butler, publ. Questar / Popular Library, 0-445-20537-7, $3.95, 279pp, pb) Cover: Wayne Barlowe - [VERIFIED]
- Wild Seed, (Dec 1988, Octavia E. Butler, publ. Popular Library, 0-445-20537-7, $5.99, 279pp, pb) Cover: Wayne Barlowe - [VERIFIED]
- Wild Seed, (Oct 1990, Octavia E. Butler, publ. VGSF / Gollancz, 0-575-04819-0, £3.99, 248pp, pb) Cover: Danny Flynn
- Seme selvaggio, (Jan 1991, Octavia E. Butler, publ. Interno Giallo (IperFICTION), 88-356-0041-3, 22,000 Lit, 298pp, tp) Cover: Oliviero Berni
- Wild Seed, (Feb 1999, Octavia E. Butler, publ. Aspect / Warner Books, 0-446-60672-3, $6.99, 279pp, pb) Cover: John Jude Palencar - [VERIFIED]
- Wild Seed, (Dec 2000, Octavia E. Butler, publ. Gollancz (SF Collectors' Editions), 0-575-07145-1, £9.99, 248pp, tp) Cover: Sue Michniewicz
- Wild Seed, (Apr 2001, Octavia E. Butler, publ. Warner Books, 0-446-67697-7, $13.95, 306pp, tp)
- Wild Seed, (Sep 2005, Octavia E. Butler, publ. Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC 50th Anniversary Collection #21), 0-7394-5688-1, $10.99, 245pp, hc) Cover: Bruce Jensen
- Seed to Harvest, (Jan 2007, Octavia E. Butler, publ. Warner Books, 0-446-69890-3, $18.99, 765pp, tp, omni) Cover: Herman Estevez - [VERIFIED]
- Wild Seed, (date unknown, Octavia E. Butler, publ. Questar / Popular Library, 0-445-20537-7, $4.50, 279pp, pb) Cover: Wayne Barlowe
- Wild Seed, (date unknown, Octavia E. Butler, publ. Aspect / Warner Books, 0-446-60672-3, $6.50, 279pp, pb) Cover: John Jude Palencar - [VERIFIED]
- Wild Seed, (date unknown, Octavia E. Butler, publ. Questar / Popular Library, 0-445-20537-7, $5.50, 279pp, pb) Cover: Wayne Barlowe
Reviews:
- Review by Jeff Frane (1980) in Locus, #237 September 1980
- Review by Bill Carlin (1980) in Vector 99
- Review by Tom Easton (1981) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, January 5, 1981
- Review by Michael Bishop (1981) in Foundation, #21 February 1981 , reprinted in:
- A Reverie for Mister Ray: Reflections on Life, Death, and Speculative Fiction, (2005)
- A Reverie for Mister Ray: Reflections on Life, Death, and Speculative Fiction, (2005)
- Review by Norman Spinrad (1981) in Destinies, Winter 1981
- Review by Theodore Sturgeon (1981) in Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, May 1981
- Review by Gene DeWeese (1981) in Science Fiction Review, Summer 1981
- Review by Roy Macinski (1982) in Paperback Inferno, Volume 5, Number 5
- Review by David Pringle (1985) in Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels , reprinted in:
- Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels, (1985)
- Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels, (1986)
- Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels, (1987)
- Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels, (1997)
- Review by Orson Scott Card (1990) in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1990
- Review by Sue Thomason (1991) in Paperback Inferno, 89
- Review by uncredited (2001) in Vector 215