Wild Cards (anthology)

Wild Cards (anthology)

The first volume in the "Wild Cards" shared universe fiction series edited by George R. R. Martin. It was published in 1987 and contains several short stories establishing the "Wild Cards" universe, introducing the main characters, and setting up plot threads that continue to play out over the course of the rest of the series.

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"Wild Cards" contains the following short stories:

In addition, there are several interludes (written by Martin) between stories that expand upon the background of the Wild Cards world and an appendix on "The Science of the Wild Card Virus" (written by Milán) that explains how Xenovirus Takis-A works. Both the interludes and the appendix take the form of excerpts from literature within the universe.


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