History Literature / ARoseForEcclesiastes

* DressHitsFloor: Gallinger, having been waked late at night to recite Braxa the poem he wrote for her, suggests they go back (separately) to bed. This trope happens instead.

* ApologeticAttacker: Gallinger has to fight his way into the temple. The guard explains that [[YouShallNotPass he must do his duty]], even he does not at all want to.

%%* DressHitsFloor: Braxa does this.
%%* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Gallinger, when it turns out Braxa never loved him.]]
%%* DyingRace: [[spoiler:The Martians]].
%%* FieryRedhead: Gallinger describes himself as looking like a poplar in autumn: tall, skinny, and red on top.
%%* TheIngenue: Braxa...[[spoiler: subverted. She's actually a FemmeFatale.]]

%%* LadyInRed: Braxa, who also has red hair.

%%* WellDoneSonGuy:...Gallinger has Issues. Quite a lot of them.

* NoNameGiven: Gallinger's first name is never mentioned.

* DressHitsFloor: Braxa does this.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Gallinger, when it turns out Braxa never loved him.]]
* DyingRace: [[spoiler:The Martians]].
* FieryRedhead: Gallinger describes himself as looking like a poplar in autumn: tall, skinny, and red on top.
* TheIngenue: Braxa...[[spoiler: subverted. She's actually a FemmeFatale.]]

* LadyInRed: Braxa, who also has red hair.

* WellDoneSonGuy:...Gallinger has Issues. Quite a lot of them.

The story has been republished at least five times, in ''Magazine/VentureScienceFiction'' (The UK issue of April 1964), ''Literature/TenthAnnualEditionTheYearsBestSF'' (1965), ''Literature/ScienceFictionHallOfFameVolumeOne'' (1970), ''Literature/TheDoorsOfHisFaceTheLampsOfHisMouthAndOtherStories'' (1973), and ''Literature/IsaacAsimovPresentsTheGreatSFStories25 (1963)'' (1992).

* MalignedMixedMarriage: The Survey commander had one. [[TearJerker His wife died when he was deployed, and he never found out what happened to his children.]]--which is why he is willing to go to the bat for Gallinger.

The story has been republished at least five times, in ''Magazine/VentureScienceFiction'' (The UK issue of April 1964), ''Literature/TenthAnnualEditionTheYearsBestSF'' (1965), ''Literature/ScienceFictionHallOfFameVolumeOne'' (1970), ''Literature/TheDoorsOfHisFaceTheLampsOfHisMouthAndOtherStories'' (1973), and ''Literature/IsaacAsimov resentsThe
GreatSFStories25 (1963)'' (1992).

"A Rose for Ecclesiastes" is a ScienceFiction short story by Creator/RogerZelazny. It takes place on Mars in the near future. In it, a linguist and poet named Gallinger is chosen by the reclusive Martians as the first human to learn about their society. The story follows his attempts to understand their alien culture,and explore the mystery of their past. It was first published in November 1963 in ''The Magazine Of Fantasy And ScienceFiction''. It was nominated for the 1964 UsefulNotes/HugoAward for Short Fiction.

"A Rose for Ecclesiastes" is a ScienceFiction short story by Creator/RogerZelazny. It takes place on Mars in the near future. In it, a linguist and poet named Gallinger is chosen by the reclusive Martians as the first human to learn about their society. The story follows his attempts to understand their alien culture,and explore the mystery of their past. It was first published in November 1963 in ''Magazine/TheMagazineOfFantasyAndScienceFiction''. It was nominated for the 1964 UsefulNotes/HugoAward for Short Fiction.

* MarsNeedsWomen: Treated quite soberly and gender-flipped. All male Martians and most females have become sterile, not long before humans visit their world. Unusual in that the female who has an affair with a human linguist didn't realize he could impregnate her, and because her lover then has to talk the other Martians out of their prior resignation to extinction. How often does Mars have to be ''convinced'' it needs women/men? [[spoiler:She knew/believed she would get pregnant, based on an ancient Martian prophecy describing how someone who met the description of her accomplishments (something about mastering "the 1,000 dances") would get pregnant by a man from Earth (who would convince the Martians to live) and thus save their species. She just hoped it wasn't true because she didn't love him back (but did her duty for her people) and, like most of the Martians, was resigned to the extinction of her people.]]

"A Rose for Ecclesiastes" is a ScienceFiction novelette by Creator/RogerZelazny. It takes place on Mars in the near future. In it, a linguist and poet named Gallinger is chosen by the reclusive Martians as the first human to learn about their society. The story follows his attempts to understand their alien culture,and explore the mystery of their past. It was first published in November 1963 in ''Magazine/TheMagazineOfFantasyAndScienceFiction''. It was nominated for the 1964 UsefulNotes/HugoAward for Short Fiction.

[[caption-width-right:350:]]"A Rose for Ecclesiastes" is a ScienceFiction novelette by Creator/RogerZelazny. It takes place on Mars in the near future. In it, a linguist and poet named Gallinger is chosen by the reclusive Martians as the first human to learn about their society. The story follows his attempts to understand their alien culture,and explore the mystery of their past. It was first published in November 1963 in ''Magazine/TheMagazineOfFantasyAndScienceFiction''. It was nominated for the 1964 UsefulNotes/HugoAward for Short Fiction.

[[caption-width-right:350:]]"A Rose for Ecclesiastes" is a ScienceFiction novelette by Creator/RogerZelazny. It takes place on Mars in the near future. In it, a linguist and poet named Gallinger is chosen by the reclusive Martians as the first human to learn about their society. The story follows his attempts to understand their alien culture,and explore the mystery of their past. It was first published in November 1963 in TheMagazineOfFantasyAndScienceFiction. It was nominated for the 1964 Hugo Award for Short Fiction.

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"A Rose for Ecclesiastes" is a ScienceFiction novelette by Creator/RogerZelazny. It takes place on Mars in the near future. In it, a linguist and poet named Gallinger is chosen by the reclusive Martians as the first human to learn about their society. The story follows his attempts to understand their alien culture,and explore the mystery of their past. It was first published in November 1963 in TheMagazineOfFantasyAndScienceFiction. It was nominated for the 1964 Hugo Award for Short Fiction.

* OnlyYouCanRepopulateMyRace: Gallinger fell in love with a woman of the dying Martian race; he doesn't learn until afterwards that the whole thing was this trope and that the woman was not happy about having to sleep with him (each of them fulfilled a described role in a Martian prophecy about the only way to save their race, even her not being in love with him was part of it).

* OnlyYouCanRepopulateMyRace: Gallinger fell in love with a woman of the dying Martian race; he doesn't learn until afterwards that the whole thing was this trope and that the woman was not happy about having to sleep with him (each of them fulfilled a described role in a Martian prophecy about the only way to save their race, even her not being in love with him was part of it).
* DyingRace: [[spoiler:The Martians]].

OnlyYouCanRepopulateMyRace: Gallinger fell in love with a woman of the dying Martian race; he doesn't learn until afterwards that the whole thing was this trope and that the woman was not happy about having to sleep with him (each of them fulfilled a described role in a Martian prophecy about the only way to save their race, even her not being in love with him was part of it).

"A Rose for Ecclesiastes" is a ScienceFiction novelette by Creator/RogerZelazny. It takes place on Mars.