Alexei Panshin
Paperback | Pages: 254 pages Rating: 3.85 | 3201 Users | 221 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Rite of Passage |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?44 |
| Characters: | Mia Havero, Jimmy Dentremont, Daniel Kutsov |
| Literary Awards: | Hugo Award Nominee for Best Novel (1969), Nebula Award for Best Novel (1968) |
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In 2198 man lives precariously on hastily-established colony worlds and in seven giant starships. Mia Haveros ship tests its children by casting them out to live or die in a month of Trial in the hostile wilds of a colony world. Her trial is fast approaching and she must learn not only the skills that will keep her alive but the deeper courage to face herself and her world.Mention Containing Books Rite of Passage
| Title | : | Rite of Passage |
| Author | : | Alexei Panshin |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 254 pages |
| Published | : | November 1969 by Ace Books (NYC) (first published 1968) |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Fiction. Young Adult |
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Ratings: 3.85 From 3201 Users | 221 ReviewsAppraise Containing Books Rite of Passage
If you're into stuff like this, you can read the full review.How old SF can be as crappy as new SF: "Rite of Passage" by Alexei Panshin After finishing After the Apocalypse by Maureen F. McHugh, I wanted something from the good old days. With some serendipity involved, I read Rite of Passage by Alexei Panshin, which I read in my teens. My memory of it was at best very hazy. The only thing I remembered was that I didnt like it at all at the time. So much junk published is called SF (Hunger GamesAlexi and Cory Panshin wrote one of the best histories of early science fiction, The World Beyond the Hill, in 1989. I found the book at a bookstore in Wichita, Ks when I lived there in the early 90's and read it cover-to-cover in one sitting. So it was a surprise to me when I found this neat little book at Indian Path Books a few weeks ago. Needless to say, it ended up in my "To read" pile.Winner of the 1968 Nebula award, Rite of Passage shows the influence of the dean of American science
This was simply on my list of Hugo (Nebula?) winners to read. I'd never heard of the book or the author. It was quite a fascinating read, and I really enjoyed the young person first person perspective. I think this would have been powerful to read as a teenager, a lot of thought about growing up and finding your purpose. The titular rite of passage at first I thought would be the Trial that all young people in the Ship society are to make, to survive 30 days being dropped off on a wild colonial
This brings me up to 89% done with Reading The Nebula Award Winners.I'm really sorry I somehow missed reading this book when I was a kid. I would have loved it when I was a pre-teen. As it was, I liked it, but it's very definitely a coming of age story with an Introduction to Ethics woven in.
I'm not sure why this book has stuck with me so long -- I read it over 20 years ago. But it was one of the most memorable early-Heinlein-era sci-fi stories I ever read. The story is somewhat reminiscent of Heinlein, though the writing is not. The social issues raised in this novel are still compelling, though rather dated now, but I imagine it was even more relevant when it was first published.I really liked the main character, who was quite believable as a rather privileged teenage girl
I read Alexei Panshin's Rite of Passage again. For some reason, this story is very close to my heart. It's a story of a young girl, Mia, living in a floating spaceship, facing the Trial of her society. This Trial is the mark of adulthood in their community of thirty thousand, their 'Rite of Passage'.The story began with Mia's little joys and frustrations. And behind that, she had her fears and prejudices. I always love 'coming of age' stories. Usually I just enjoy reading about the growing
This is a very thought provoking book about a young girl's mental awakening. It takes place in a post-apocalyptic society existing on a ship that has been hollowed out of an asteroid. In this universe, Earth has been destroyed and humans are either existing on these ships or eking out a living on dangerous and mostly uninhabitable planets. The ship dwellers, faced with high population pressure, devise a test for every fourteen year old. Each adolescent is sent to one of these planets for a month
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