![]() ![]() This was Alexei Panshin's first novel (though not his first published work), and it won a Nebula and was nominated for a Hugo. I very rarely reread books, but since I have just finished a rough draft of my own WIP, which was loosely inspired by this very book, I figured it was due for a reread. In a Saturday Book Discussion post, I called Rite of Passage my favorite book, but it had been many years since I read it. Published originally in 1968, Alexei Panshin's Nebula Award-winning classic has lost none of its relevance, with its keen exploration of societal stagnation and the resilience of youth. Mia Havero's Trial is fast approaching, and in the meantime she must learn not only the skills that will keep her alive, but the deeper courage to face herself and her world. It tests its children by casting them out to live or die in a month of Trial in the hostile wilds of a colony world. ![]() Mia Havero's Ship is a small closed society. ![]() In 2198, 150 years after the desperate wars that destroyed an overpopulated Earth, Man lives precariously on 100 hastily-established colony worlds and in the 7 giant Ships that once ferried men to the stars. ![]()
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