Rite of Passage

Rite of Passage

1968 • 239 pages

Ratings10

Average rating3.7

15

I quite enjoyed this little book. It is a coming of age story, an adventure story, and an exploration of the concepts of morality and justice – all in a nice space opera wrapper. [b:Rite of Passage 229021 Rite of Passage Alexei Panshin https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1334659898s/229021.jpg 2160570] won the Nebula Award in 1968 for best novel. I suppose nowadays it would be marketed as young-adult SF. The story is still good and still relevant.

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