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 More options Jul 6 2008, 9:31 pm
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written
From: Ahasuerus <ahasue...@email.com>
Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2008 09:31:51 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Sun, Jul 6 2008 9:31 pm
Subject: Re: Old Tea Leaf Reviews 18: 1998 Locus Poll Best First Novel
On Jul 5, 1:25 am, Rich Horton <rrhor...@prodigy.net> wrote:

> On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 04:42:18 +0000 (UTC), Andrew Plotkin

> <erkyr...@eblong.com> wrote:
> >Here, William December Starr <wdst...@panix.com> wrote:
> >> In article <g4ltks$7s...@reader1.panix.com>,
> >> jdnic...@panix.com (James Nicoll) said:

> >> > 2 Expendable                         James Alan Gardner

> >> > Jim had seven books in the League of Peoples series, [...]

> >> Is this ISFDB listing correct:

> >>    Fiction Series
> >>      * Festina Ramos
> >>           + 1 Expendable (1997)
> >>           + 2 Vigilant (1999)
> >>           + 3 Commitment Hour (1998)
> >>           + 4 Hunted (2000)
> >>           + 5 Ascending (2001)
> >>           + 6 Trapped (2002)
> >>           + 7 Radiant (2004)

> >> ...specifically, is COMMITMENT HOUR really part of this series?

> >It's not part of a series, although it might be set in the same
> >universe. (I can't answer that because _Commitment Hour_ is the only
> >Gardner I've read.)

> >It's the one about a planet where kids change gender once a year,
> >throughout adolescence, and make a permanent choice for adulthood.
> >(These are humans -- there turns out to be tech involved.) I thought
> >it was pretty good.

> It's set in the same universe but it's not a Festina Ramos book.

Thanks, adjusted.

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