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Wild Cards - George R.R. Martin, Walter Jon Williams, Mike Zeck, Leanne C. Harper, Melinda M. Snodgrass, John J. Miller, Edward Bryant, Victor Milán, Brian Bolland, Lewis Shiner, Stephen Leigh, Howard Waldrop, Roger Zelazny
Wild Cards
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The first volume of George R. R. Martin's WILD CARDS shared-world series, back in print after a decade—and expanded with new, original material. There is a secret history of the world—a history in which an alien virus struck the Earth in the aftermath of World War II, endowing a handful of... show more
The first volume of George R. R. Martin's WILD CARDS shared-world series, back in print after a decade—and expanded with new, original material.

There is a secret history of the world—a history in which an alien virus struck the Earth in the aftermath of World War II, endowing a handful of survivors with extraordinary powers. Some were called Aces—those with superhuman mental and physical abilities. Others were termed Jokers—cursed with bizarre mental or physical disabilities. Some turned their talents to the service of humanity. Others used their powers for evil. Wild Cards is their story.

Originally published in 1987, Wild Cards I includes powerful tales by Roger Zelazny, Walter Jon Williams, Howard Waldrop, Lewis Shiner, and George R. R. Martin himself. And this new, expanded edition contains further original tales set at the beginning of the Wild Cards universe, by eminent new writers like Hugo–winner David Levine, noted screenwriter and novelist Michael Cassutt, and New York Times bestseller Carrie Vaughn  

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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9781596872820 (1596872829)
Publisher: iBooks
Pages no: 432
Edition language: English
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2.5 Wild Cards I by George R.R. Martin
I haven't read more than a snippet or two from George R.R. Martin (I could not get into A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1), so it wasn't George's reputation that lured me into picking this up. It was actually Daniel Abraham's Wild Card short story in an anniversary anthology from Tor. He...
Gregor Xane
Gregor Xane rated it
3.0 Wild Cards I
Two things have kept me from reading this series for quite some time:1) The "mosaic" novel aspect: I felt that switching authorial voices every chapter would dilute the storytelling.2) I wasn't sure how much I'd enjoy "superhero" stories without the sequential art.For reservation number 1, it wasn't...
Ana V.
Ana V. rated it
4.0 Wild Cards, Ace in the Hole: Wild Cards (Wild Cards, Book 1) (Volume 1)
I started this book last year for the one and only reason that it was directed by George Martin, and I was in love with his style from his now well-known and massively-mediatized series, A Song of Ice and Fire . I loved that series, every second of it, so here I was bouncing up and down when I hear...
mtw1tter
mtw1tter rated it
4.0 Wild Cards I
Always a sense of retro-geekiness reading the Wild Card series but it's all good!
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5.0 Wild Cards
This is an excellent treatment of the pulp scifi genre. I especially like the way it embraces pulp without being self-referential. Breaking the story up between different writers also helps add to the feeling that the world of the Wild Card virus is a dynamic world, with numerous goings-on that can ...
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