Title: Adulthood Rites

Title: Adulthood Rites Title Record # 2474
Author: Octavia E. Butler
Date: 1988-06-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Xenogenesis / Lilith's Brood
Series Number: 2
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
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Year	Title
1989	Adulthood Rites [as by Octavia Butler]

Year	Language	Title
1991^ⓘTranslated by Barbara Heidkamp	German	Rituale
2001^ⓘTranslated by Lídia Geer	Portuguese	Ritos da maioridade
2014^ⓘTranslated by Владимир Полеганов (Vladimir Poleganov)	Bulgarian	Ритуали на съзряването^?Rituali na sazryavaneto [as by Октавия Е. Бътлър^?Oktaviya E. Batlar ]
2019^ⓘTranslated by Heci Regina Candiani	Portuguese	Ritos de passagem
2021^ⓘTranslated by Luis García Vigil	Spanish	Ritos de madurez

Year	Language	Title
1988^ⓘTranslated by Gaetano Staffilano	Italian	Ritorno alla terra (Complete Novel) [as by Octavia Butler]

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
12	1989 Locus	Best SF Novel

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Adulthood Rites	1988-06-00	Octavia E. Butler	Warner Books	0-446-51422-5	$16.95^?$: US dollar	277	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Wayne Barlowe
Adulthood Rites	1988-10-00	Octavia E. Butler	Gollancz	0-575-04238-9	£11.95^?£: UK pound	277	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Adulthood Rites	1989-05-00	Octavia E. Butler	Questar / Popular Library	0-445-20903-8	$3.95^?$: US dollar	277+ 15	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Wayne D. Barlowe
Adulthood Rites	1989-06-00	Octavia Butler	VGSF / Gollancz	0-575-04494-2	£3.50^?£: UK pound	277	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	George Underwood
Xenogenesis	1989-11-00	Octavia E. Butler	GuildAmerica Books / SFBC	1-56865-033-7 / 15462	$9.98^?$: US dollar	726	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Pat Morrissey
Adulthood Rites	1997-04-00	Octavia E. Butler	Aspect / Warner Books	0-446-60378-3	$5.99^?$: US dollar	279	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	John Jude Palencar
Lilith's Brood	2000-06-00	Octavia E. Butler	Aspect / Warner Books	0-446-67610-1	$13.95^?$: US dollar	746	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni	Marc Yankus
Lilith's Brood	2000-06-00	Octavia E. Butler	Turtleback Books	0-613-27941-7	$31.80^?$: US dollar	752	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
Lilith's Brood	2007-01-00	Octavia E. Butler	Warner Books	0-446-67610-1	$18.99^?$: US dollar	746	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni
Lilith's Brood	2008-07-00	Octavia E. Butler	Paw Prints	978-1-4395-0169-6	$27.99^?$: US dollar	746	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
Lilith's Brood	2012-07-00	Octavia E. Butler	Open Road Integrated Media	978-1-4532-7174-2	$18.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	omni
Adulthood Rites	2012-07-00	Octavia E. Butler	Open Road Integrated Media	978-1-4532-6531-4	$7.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
Adulthood Rites	2014-01-30	Octavia E. Butler	Audible Studios		$24.95^?$: US dollar		digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	novel
Adulthood Rites	2014-03-00	Octavia E. Butler	Headline	978-1-4722-1476-8			ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
Adulthood Rites	2015-11-03	Octavia E. Butler	Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio	978-1-5113-3851-6	$11.39^?$: US dollar		audio MP3 CD^?Compact disc with mp3-encoded audio tracks	novel
Adulthood Rites	2021-08-24	Octavia E. Butler	Grand Central Publishing	978-1-5387-5372-9	$16.99^?$: US dollar	336	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
Adulthood Rites	2022-01-20	Octavia E. Butler	Headline	978-1-4722-8107-4	£9.99^?£: UK pound	336	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
Lilith's Brood	date unknown	Octavia E. Butler	Aspect / Warner Books	0-446-67610-1	$13.95^?$: US dollar	746	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni	Marc Yankus
Adulthood Rites	date unknown	Octavia E. Butler	Questar / Popular Library	0-445-20903-8	$5.99^?$: US dollar	277+ 15	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Wayne D. Barlowe
Adulthood Rites	date unknown	Octavia E. Butler	Aspect / Warner Books	0-446-60378-3	$5.99^?$: US dollar	277	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	John Jude Palencar
Adulthood Rites	date unknown	Octavia E. Butler	Aspect / Warner Books	0-446-60378-3	$6.50^?$: US dollar	277	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	John Jude Palencar
Adulthood Rites	date unknown	Octavia E. Butler	Questar / Popular Library	0-445-20903-8	$4.95^?$: US dollar	277+ 15	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Wayne D. Barlowe
Adulthood Rites	date unknown	Octavia E. Butler	Aspect / Warner Books	0-446-60378-3	$6.50^?$: US dollar	279	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	John Jude Palencar
Lilith's Brood: The Complete Xenogenesis Trilogy	date unknown	Octavia Butler	Open Road Integrated Media	978-1-4532-7174-2	$26.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	omni

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Reviews

Review by Faren Miller (1988) in Locus, #327 April 1988
Review by Thomas A. Easton [as by Tom Easton] (1988) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, December 1988
Review by Michael M. Levy (1988) in IAFA Newsletter, Summer 1988
Review [French] by Pascal J. Thomas (1989) in A&A, #117
Review by Edward James (1989) in Vector 149
Review by Dean R. Lambe (1989) in Thrust, #32, Winter 1989
Review by Colin Bird (1990) in Paperback Inferno, #82
Review by Orson Scott Card (1990) in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1990
Review by Colin Steele (1990) in SF Commentary, #68
Review by Dean R. Lambe (1990) in Science Fiction Review, Spring 1990
Review by Michael M. Levy (1990) in Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review Annual 1989
Review by Jane Donawerth (1997) in Frankenstein's Daughters: Women Writing Science Fiction