Wild Cards

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Lol, you are obsessed with grrm. No, I haven't read them, or anything by him.
 
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As I understand, Wild Cards was/is a shared world anthology series edited by Martin. Here's a summary of the premise:

In 1946, an alien virus was detonated over New York City. Thousands died instantly, thousands more were changed forever, and the world with them. Nearly sixty years later, the virus known as the Wild Card has struck every corner of the globe. For every hundred cases where the "card turns," ninety die horrible, agonizing deaths, their bodies twisted and reshaped in unspeakable ways in what has become known as the Black Queen. Nine of those who survive the initial manifestation become Jokers, permanently disfigured and mutated, the world's new most visible and least accepted minority. One out of every hundred survive intact, and are granted superhuman powers. These lucky few are the Aces. Of those Aces, only a few are gifted with the spectacular powers of a comic book hero. For many, the powers are trivial, minor, even inconsequential. Some are granted Joker appearances with Ace abilities. For these, they're simply called Deuces.
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So it's basically a superhero sort of concept, but in a gritty realisitic setting.
 
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with all the interest in grrm, maybe i should give one of his books a looksee... but if there are a lot of them, i wouldn't know where to start... :D
 
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The Master™ said:
with all the interest in grrm, maybe i should give one of his books a looksee... but if there are a lot of them, i wouldn't know where to start... :D
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start with a game of thrones.
 
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I really wouldn't. Start with Fevre Dream (his best book, IMHO), everyone who's read that likes it. Game of Thrones puts quite a few people off.
 
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I agree, I have read Fevre Dream, and agree that it is very good. However, I do believe that the ASoIaF is his "epic" and I think that this series will define, for the most part, what this author wishes to be known for.
 
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From what I recall, the Wild Cards books are pretty good. Sort of a twisted hero type of book. Obviously these people are all changed in physical ability as well as shape - which makes them outcasts in a society that seems to be breaking down in any case. I think I read two of them but it was looong ago and I don't remember much except for the fact that the reality seemed dark and a little oppressive. Very comic-book-like. I believe that either Borders or Barnes and Noble online had a copy of one for $2 on their bargain 'shelf' not too long back. I almost got it but then changed my mind at the last minute for some reason or other.
 
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I've read the first few Wild Cards, pretty interesting. Worth reading just for the Croyd Crensen character created by the late Roger Zelazny, a close friend of GRRM. Nice sight by the way.
 
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hazelnut said:
I've read the first few Wild Cards, pretty interesting. Worth reading just for the Croyd Crensen character created by the late Roger Zelazny, a close friend of GRRM.
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Zelazny was involved in ? May worth the read then. And discover by the same way this author. How many books are they ?
 
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I think they got as far as 10 or so, then put out another distinct trilogy, and I believe Melinda snodgrass did a novel as well. It's a bit murky now, with the rerelease of the old series, but as long as you read the first one first, you can get away with reading them in any sort of order.

They are very good reading, at any rate, especially as was noted previously, Zelazny's character -- and grrm and snodgrass did an excellent job of maintaining continuity and consistency, which is tricky in a shared-world series...
 
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And just realized I never sort of introduced myself or said hello.

Hello. :eek:
 
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Hello pearce and thanks for the advice.
 
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pearce said:
And just realized I never sort of introduced myself or said hello.

Hello. :eek:
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There is an introduction area in this forum, if you introduce yourself over there you will get quite a welcome I'm sure.:)

Oh yeah...
 
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I will make it over there -- I keep getting sidetracked by interesting threads....


:D

and thanks for the welcome!
 
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