Rite of Passage - Softcover

Panshin, Alexei

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0978907825 ISBN 13: 9780978907822

Publisher: Fairwood Press, 2007

Synopsis

In 2198, one hundred and fifty years after the desperate wars that destroyed an overpopulated Earth, Man lives precariously on a hundred hastily-established colony worlds and in the seven giant Ships that once ferried men to the stars. Mia Havero's Ship is a small closed society. 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 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. 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.

About this title

About the Author:

Elizabeth Evans: Novelist and short story writer Elizabeth Evans is the author of Locomotion, The Blue Hour, Carter Clay, and Suicide’s Girlfriend. She is recipient of numerous awards and honors, including fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, Arizona Commission on the Arts, and the James Michener Foundation. Evans makes her home in Tucson where she is a professor in the program in Creative Writing at the University of Arizona. 

About this edition

• Publisher: Fairwood Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0978907825
• ISBN 13: 9780978907822
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 260