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Commitment hour / James Alan Gardner.
LIBRA - Adams Collection SciFi Gardner, J. A.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gardner, James Alan, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gender identity--Fiction.
- Gender identity.
- Science fiction, Canadian.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Science fiction.
- Novels.
- Penn Provenance:
- Adams, Mark B. (donor) (Adams Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 248 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- Book club edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Avon Eos, [1998].
- Summary:
- In the 25th century, when young people reach a certain age, they are allowed to choose their sex for the rest of their life. The decision is taken at a ceremony called the Commitment Hour, which the novel describes through the eyes of two protagonists.
- Notes:
- Jacket art by Stephen Hickman.
- Local Notes:
- Adams Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Dr. Mark B. Adams.
- Adams Collection copy has dustjacket. Also, a folded poster of the cover art laid in.
- Cited in:
- Internet Speculative Fiction Database, 272304.
- ISBN:
- 1568656874
- 9781568656878
- OCLC:
- 39529642
- Publisher Number:
- 10509 Science Fiction Book Club
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