![]() ![]() Stripped of the portrayal of psionic abilities (which are interesting, but not relevant to my discussion), Wild Seed features on one side Doro, a narcissistic godlike figure who gathers hand-picked individuals into colonies in order to breed and/or murder them for personal gain and entertainment. This is a novel in a class all its own.Īs stated above, eugenics and patriarchy are central themes in the book I’m going to discuss them in relation to the experiences of Anyanwu, the female protagonist. Butler has gone on record to reject applying labels to her work, and after reading Wild Seed, this seems only right. Butler is, of course, a magnificent author and it’s only to her credit that she’s written such a complex, ambiguous narrative. It’s hard to discuss and even harder to digest. It’s a wearisome, and often hopeless, text. It is also a story about a woman and her conflict with an amoral mass-murderer. ![]() At its core, Wild Seed seems to be a novel about a patriarchal society’s eugenics program. ![]()
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