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Author: Alexei Panshin
Year: 1968
Type: NOVEL
Language: English
Wikipedia Entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rite_of_Passage_(novel)
ISFDB Record Number: 1295
Note: A portion of Part III "A Universal Education" appears in substantially different form in July 1963 If under the title "Down to the Worlds of Men".
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Variant Titles:
- Welt zwischen den Sternen [German] (1970) - Alexei Panshin
- Rite de passage [French] (1973) - Alexei Panshin
- Welt zwischen den Sternen (1980) [German] (1980) - Alexei Panshin
- Ergenlik Ayini [Turkish] (1997) - Alexei Panshin
Awards:
- 1969 Hugo Award - Best Novel (Nomination)
- 1969 Nebula Award - Novel (Win)
- 1975 Locus Poll Award - All-Time Best Novel (Place: 41)
Publications:
- Rite of Passage, (Jul 1968, Alexei Panshin, publ. Ace (Ace SF Special, Series 1 #A-16), #A-16, $0.75, 254pp, pb) Cover: Leo Dillon and Diane Dillon - [VERIFIED]
- Rite of Passage, (Feb 1969, Alexei Panshin, publ. Sidgwick & Jackson, 0-283-98053-2, 22/-, 254pp, hc) Cover: Ken Carroll
- Rite of Passage, (Nov 1969, Alexei Panshin, publ. Ace (Ace SF Special, Series 1 #72781), #72781, $0.75, 254pp, pb) Cover: Leo Dillon and Diane Dillon - [VERIFIED]
- Rite of Passage, (1970, Alexei Panshin, publ. Sphere, #66834, 6/-, 223pp, pb) - [VERIFIED]
- Rite of Passage, (1970, Alexei Panshin, publ. Sphere, #66842, £0.25, 223pp, pb) Cover: Eddie Jones
- Welt zwischen den Sternen, (1970, Alexei Panshin, publ. Goldmann (Goldmanns Weltraum Taschenbücher #0122), #0122, DM 3.00, 174pp, pb) Cover: Eyke Volkmer - [VERIFIED]
- Rite of Passage, (Jul 1970, Alexei Panshin, publ. The Science Fiction Book Club (UK), #159, 254pp, hc)
- Science Fiction Special 5, (Jul 1971, uncredited, publ. Sidgwick & Jackson (Science Fiction Special #5), 0-283-48483-7, £, 254+190+191pp, hc, omni)
- Rite of Passage, (1973, Alexei Panshin, publ. Sphere (Sphere Science Fiction Classics #11), 0-7221-6685-0, £0.35, 223pp, pb) Cover: Eddie Jones - [VERIFIED]
- Rite de passage, (1973, Alexei Panshin, publ. OPTA (OPTA - Galaxie Bis #29), F8.00, 256pp, pb) Cover: Jamoul - [VERIFIED]
- Rite of Passage, (Apr 1973, Alexei Panshin, publ. Ace, #72782, $0.95, 254pp, pb) - [VERIFIED]
- Rite of Passage, (Nov 1974, Alexei Panshin, publ. Ace, #72783, $1.25, 254pp, pb) - [VERIFIED]
- Rite of Passage, (1975, Alexei Panshin, publ. Ace, #72784, $1.50, 254pp, pb) - [VERIFIED]
- Rite of Passage, (Jun 1976, Alexei Panshin, publ. Gregg Press (The Gregg Press Science Fiction Series), 0-8398-2336-3, $12.00, xiv+254pp, hc)
- Rite of Passage, (Jul 1978, Alexei Panshin, publ. Ace, 0-441-72785-9, $1.75, 254pp, pb) Cover: Wojtek Siudmak - [VERIFIED]
- Rite of Passage, (1980, Alexei Panshin, publ. Magnum, 0-417-05200-6, 254pp, pb)
- Welt zwischen den Sternen, (Sep 1980, Alexei Panshin, publ. Bastei Lübbe (Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Bestseller #22024), 3-404-22024-2, DM 5.80, 235pp, pb) Cover: Patrick Woodroffe - [VERIFIED]
- Rite of Passage, (Mar 1982, Alexei Panshin, publ. Timescape / Pocket Books, 0-671-44068-3, $2.50, 239pp, pb) Cover: Rowena Morrill
- Rite of Passage, (Mar 1982, Alexei Panshin, publ. Timescape / Pocket Books, 0-671-44068-3, C$2.95, 239pp, pb) Cover: Rowena Morrill - [VERIFIED]
- Rite of Passage, (Sep 1987, Alexei Panshin, publ. Methuen, 0-413-15720-2, £2.50, 254pp, pb)
- Rite of Passage, (1991, Alexei Panshin, publ. The Easton Press (The Masterpieces of Science Fiction), viii+248pp, hc) - [VERIFIED]
- Ergenlik Ayini, (Feb 1997, Alexei Panshin, publ. Metis Yayınları (Metis Bilimkurgu), 975-342-121-4, 239pp, pb) Cover: Tim White
- Rite of Passage, (Dec 2004, Alexei Panshin, publ. Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC 50th Anniversary Collection #16), 0-7394-5000-X, $10.99, 215pp, hc) Cover: Bob Eggleton
- Rite of Passage, (Feb 2007, Alexei Panshin, publ. Fairwood Press, 978-0-9789078-2-2, $16.99, 255pp, tp) Cover: Catska Ench and Cory Ench - [VERIFIED]
Reviews:
- Review by Rob Holdstock (1969) in Vector 53 Spring / Summer 1969
- Review by Judith Merril (1969) in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1969
- Review by Bob Rickard (1969) in Speculation, February 1969
- Review by Piers Anthony (1969) in Speculation, February 1969
- Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1969) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, April 1969
- Review by Algis Budrys (1969) in Galaxy Magazine, July 1969
- Review by Charlie Brown (1969) in Locus, #44 December 17, 1969
- Review by Darrell Schweitzer (1977) in Science Fiction Review, August 1977
- Review by Charles N. Brown (1977) in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Winter 1977
- Review by Roz Kaveney (1980) in Paperback Inferno, Volume 3, No 5
- Review by C. J. Henderson (1984) in Whispers #21-22, December 1984 , reprinted in:
- Whispers #21-22, December 1984, (1984)
- Review by Steven Tew (1988) in Paperback Inferno, 70