Rite of Passage

Overview:

  • Title: Rite of Passage
  • Author: Alexei Panshin
  • Year: 1973
  • Publisher: Ace Books
  • Price: $0.95
  • Pages: 254
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Type: Novel
  • Title Reference: Rite of Passage
  • Notes:
    • "First Ace printing: July, 1968"
    • "Second Ace printing; November, 1969"
    • "Third Ace printing: April, 1973"; no number line
    • "A portion of Part III appeared in a substantially different form in the July 1963 issue of If under the title Down to the Worlds of Men..." stated on the copyright page.
    • Cover artist is not credited, a 'smudge' to the right of the central character is a signature, but it does not resolve even at high magnification. Artist credited at ACE image library as Don Ivan Punchatz.