bjf@utcsstat.UUCP (Bruce Freeman) (09/27/83)
I also highly recommend "Courtship Rite". After a writing hiatus of 20 years as far as science fiction is concerned Donald Kingsbury has written one good story after another. If you have not read his earlier stories in Analog I recommend them also. "Shipwright" is set in the same universe as "Courtship Rite". "To Bring In The Steel" and "The Moon Goddess and the Son" are set in the near future or at least what I wish the near future would be like. These all appeared within the last five years but I can't remember exact dates. Kingsbury is said to be working on a novel version of "The Moon Goddess and the Son" at present. But by all means read "Courtship Rite" now. As a picture of a society which most people on Earth would view as abhorrent it is an interesting thought-provoking story. Reading how the Getans view our society is worth the price of the book alone.