James Alan Gardner's "Commitment Hour" pretty much has the same strong points as the previous book in the series (Expendable (League of Peoples)): the writing style and structure are very different from most books, the characters are not something you normally see, and the concepts underlying the story are original. The book is definitely different, interesting, and easy to read.4/5(36). Commitment Hour. James Alan Gardner. Open Road Media, Apr 1, - Fiction - pages /5(4). James Alan Gardner's second novel, Commitment Hour, represents quite an important step for his career, namely, a successful follow-up to a promising debut. Gardner's Expendable was funny, compulsively readable, and in the end, more ambitious than it first appeared. Commitment Hour may not be as overtly hilarious as its predecessor, but it packs more wit into its thematic punch. The tone of .
Commitment Hour; Excerpt; Excerpt. Excerpt Commitment Hour. by James Alan Gardner. Chapter One. A Net for a Duck. The night before Commitment, I was down in the marsh with the frogs and the fish, sitting out the time on a mud-crusted log and waiting for the gods to send me a duck. James Alan Gardner. Biography;. You see, I'm a bit of a fan of James Alan Gardener's work. He's a great sci-fi writer, and his books often chart out new and interesting alien worlds and societies and such. All of his sci-fi novels (including Commitment Hour) are set in the same 'League of Peoples' universe. Gardner provides a pretty fun premise for the League of. In this "riveting" series from "a brilliant new voice," gender in the twenty-fifth century is a matter of personal choice—until you reach the Commitment Hour (David Feintuch). After most of Earth's population has left for other planets, life is simple in the isolated village of Tober Cove. Fullin, a twenty-year-old musician, lives.
Overview. In this “riveting” series from “a brilliant new voice,” gender in the twenty-fifth century is a matter of personal choice—until you reach the Commitment Hour (David Feintuch). After most of Earth’s population has left for other planets, life is simple in the isolated village of Tober Cove. Fullin, a twenty-year-old. The hour of commitment is www.doorway.ru the author of Expendable, a major new voice in imaginative fiction, here is a spellbinding adventure which dares to pose critical questions about the human condition and answer www.doorway.ru the twenty-fifth century, Tober Cove is a wonderful place to be. Commitment Hour is a science fiction novel by Canadian writer James Alan Gardner, published in The novel is set in Gardner's " League of Peoples 's" futuristic universe, and plays out in the small, isolated village of Tober Cove.
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