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Very minor characters, including mentiononly characters, are listed here. The fifth volume in the wild cards alternate universe saga is set in the new york city of 1986. Wild cards is the history of the world since thenand of the heroes among that one percent. Wild cards is a scifisuperhero anthology series written by more than 30 mexican science fiction writers known as the wild cards trust. A novel about family, magic and baseball heroes from the past and present. The anthology, first released in 1986, presents an alternate history where an alien virus unleashed in the immediate aftermath of world war ii. The series was created by a group of new mexico science fiction authors, and mostly edited by george r.
Originally intended as an adaptation of the second wild cards novel, aces high, it evolved instead to an original graphic. Martin a song of ice and fire as a spinoff from an rpg organized by several albuquerquearea authors. This is a terrific slice of fiction, with waldrop fusing pulp energy with his own idiosyncratic style to give us something weird, resolutely entertaining and rather tragic in its own right. This is fate, karma in play, it suggests you are well on your way to acheiving whatever you want to or need to. Wild cards is a series of science fiction superhero shared universe anthologies, mosaic novels, and solo novels written by a collection of more than forty authors referred to as the wild cards trust and edited by george r. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Martin and friends for there superworld pen and paper role playing game. The series has also been adapted to comic books, graphic novels, and roleplaying games.
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