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Commitment Hour

James Alan Gardner

First published April 1998
Type Novel
Series League of Peoples Universe

Meanwhile back on Earth, a community of people who, until they are deemed mature, live life in increments where they swap genders once a year is disrupted by the arrival of a scientist who wants to know HOW the swap is achieved.

Not part of the sequential series; set in the universe of...

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1998 James Tiptree, Jr. Award / Otherwise Award Gender-bending SF Nominee/Finalist
1999 Nebula Award Novel Nominee/Finalist

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