James Alan Gardner is a Canadian science fiction writer. He studied applied mathematics at the University of Waterloo, where he received a bachelor's degree ...

Edward York is an illegal clone, genetically engineered for perfection — but something went wrong. His twin sister, Ambassador Samantha York, is a gorgeou...

Commitment Hour is a science fiction novel by James Alan Gardner, published in 1998. The novel is set in Gardner's "League of Peoples's" futuristic univer...

Oar is the last of her kind — a resident of the so-called "planet of no return," once the Admiralty’s dumping ground for undesirables and those who had be...

Need a Job, Go to Mars… or the nearest space station or colony world. But what kind of career opportunities will you find on the ever-expanding frontiers ...

From Star Trek to Star Wars, from Dune to Foundation, science fiction has a rich history of exploring the idea of vast intergalactic societies, and the ch...

Award-winning author James Alan Gardner evokes a sense of wonder that is synonymous with great speculative fiction. Now, in his first short-story collecti...

Two species lived in peaceful coexistence on the planet Demoth until a deadly plague wiped out millions of the winged Ooloms while leaving humans untouche...

Life under the thumb of the Spark Lords — the League's Earthly representatives — is dull but comfortable for Philemon Abu Dhubhai and the other teachers a...

First publiched inOn Spec(Canadian SF magazine) in April 1990. Published in 2005 as part ofGravity Wellsshort stories collection.

First publiched inL. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Futureanthology (vol. VI) in 1990. Published in 2005 as part ofGravity Wellsshort stories collect...

First published in Amazing Stories,  Vol. 69, #3, No. 592, Winter 1995. Published in 2005 as part of Gravity Wells short stories collection.