What would our world be like if superhuman heroes and villains had been real flesh-and-blood men and women who lived through the 20th century's mos...
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Aug 16, 2010
Brainycat
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The fourth installment of the Wild Cards series, and another great book. The premise of this book is the WHO sponsors a fact-finding jaunt around the globe to examine the status and needs of victims of the Wild Card virus around the world. Naturally, the people selected for the trip are all our favorite characters from the first three books. This is an excellent vehicle for each character to have a ministory within a sparse metaplot.
The book plays out as each character has a crisis o More...
The book plays out as each character has a crisis o More...
Aug 26, 2011
Moontyger
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This was the fourth time I read this book (I think) and I like it better each time. It's still flawed, but part of my issue with it is that it suffers in comparison to the 3rd Wild Cards book, which is so brilliant that it's hard to compete with.
One of my other issues with it is more of a personal taste thing than anything else. They tried hard to keep it from being a travelogue, but I think I would have liked it better if it were. My favorite parts, after all, are the excerpts fr More...
One of my other issues with it is more of a personal taste thing than anything else. They tried hard to keep it from being a travelogue, but I think I would have liked it better if it were. My favorite parts, after all, are the excerpts fr More...
Sep 07, 2011
Theresa
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A world search and reaction to the wild card virus, from out right genocide to fame and notoriety. I don't like some of the evil characters, and the one that latches on to people i did not understand...But a good mystery, an exciting adventure. With many dark moments showing the depths of evil humanity can bring. a fact finding mission leads a number of aces to question the prejudice of the world against those infected by the wild card virus
Sep 18, 2010
Bill
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Book number 17 for me this year (2007) is Wild Cards 4: Aces Abroad. It's been a while since I read any Wild Cards fiction; I had to bone up a bit on the setting for a project I'm hoping I'll get to work on. It's pretty tough to find the WIld Cards books used these days; that must be why they're about to reprint them.
Anyway, this volume is called a "Mosaic novel" because it's a series of closely linked short stories, written by a variety of writers. Obviously this and the s More...
Anyway, this volume is called a "Mosaic novel" because it's a series of closely linked short stories, written by a variety of writers. Obviously this and the s More...
May 09, 2011
Aaron
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This book worked a little better for me the second time around. The first time, I was reading it with a long gap after Book Three, so I'd forgotten what was going on, who a lot of the characters were, etc. It's still highly uneven, and a lot of my favourite characters don't appear, but now that I know some of the plot threads that are being introduced here, it worked a little better for me.
Dec 17, 2009
R.
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A birthday gift. George R.R. Martin's sections, selections from the Journal of Xavier Desmond are almost heartbreaking.
Jun 24, 2009
J.M.
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Read in college. A really great series; I'd love to get another copy and reread them all.
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