Courtship Rite

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Courtship Rite
First edition cover art by Rowena Morrill
Author	Donald Kingsbury
Length	Novel
ISFDB	ISFDB entry
wikipedia.org	Courtship Rite
Debut Novel	Yes
Genre	Science Fiction
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Starting Perspective	3rd
Starting Tense	past tense
Starting Action Level	1.5 (out of 5)
Starting Hook Level	2 (out of 5)
Starting Tension Level	1.5 (out of 5)
Starting Genre Level	2 (out of 5)
Reviewer	Fritz
First Paragraphs
In the deserts of the Swollen Tongue below the Wailing Mountains there lives an insect species which organizes other insects by mimicking their olfactory communication systems. The sense and control organs of the eight-legged kaiel are contained in an intricate design on their backs called hontokae. Priests of the human clan named Kaiel carve a stylized version of the hontokae into their skins so all will know that they intend to command all. -- Harar ram-Ivieth from his Following God   Prime Predictor Tae ran-Kaiel was long dead but he lived in the bellies of his aggressive progeny. Even the youngest of them had shared his flesh at a Funeral Feast still remembered in clan chant around the rowdy gaming tables of the Kaiel temples.

Cover art by Rowena Morrill

Courtship Rite

A vast alien landscape, a human culture based on our own, yet evolved in strange ways by the forces of an inimical nature provide a panoramic backdrop for the romantic adventures of a large cast of memorable & attractive characters. Courtship Rite is a sf novel by American writer Donald Kingsbury, originally serialized in Analog magazine in 1982. The book is set in the same universe as some of his other stories, such as Shipwright (1978) & the unpublished The Finger Pointing Solward. In the UK, the novel was entitled Geta, in France, Parade nuptiale. Courtship Rite was the 1st winner of the Compton Crook Award for best 1st novel & was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1983. The novel details the attempts of two of the priest-clans, the Kaiel & the Mnankrei, to expand into territory controlled by the Stgal. Ultimately, all the priest clans are trying to attain dominance of the planet through the use of new technology, propaganda, treachery & "war", a new concept in this world. Previously, killing was done merely in order to provide food. Jo Walton remarked that Courtship Rite "is about a distant generation of colonists on a planet with no usable animals. This is the book with everything, where everything includes cannibalism, polyamory, evolution & getting tattoos so your skin will make more interesting leather when you’re dead."

Author:	Donald Kingsbury
Published:	1982
Genre:	Science Fiction
Tags:	Publication, Book, Novel, Debut Novel, Science Fiction, Story Survey, Read, Want to Read Again, Pick, Novel Pick, SF Pick
Read:	1980s
Comment:	Pick A memorable novel.
Viewpoint:	Third Person
Library:	Titles C (Library Box Cross Ref)
Box:	A59, A75, B25, B34
ISFDB:	title entry, cover gallery
Amazon:	Paperback, Audio
Goodreads:	Courtship Rite

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