Publication: Wild Cards

Publication: Wild CardsPublication Record # 367541
Editor: George R. R. Martin
Date: 1988-12-00
ISBN: 0-553-26190-8 [978-0-553-26190-5]
Publisher: Bantam Spectra
Price:
$3.95^?$: US dollar
Pages: 410
Format:
pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
Type: ANTHOLOGY
Cover: Wild Cards (1987) • by Stan Watts
Notes:
- Third printing as per number line.
- Pub date from copyright page : "3 printings through december 1988".
- $4.95 in Canada.
- On the title page, the book is called "a mosaic novel edited by George R. R. Martin and written by..." listing 11 authors (including Martin.)
- The cover and spine shows the title as Wild Cards I, but not on the title page.
- Despite the "mosaic novel" designation, each author's contribution is distinctive and individually credited within the book itself. There is no table of contents.
- The "Prologue" and "Interlude"s are not credited directly but are copyrighted to GRRM, thus implied authorship.
- "The Science of the Wild Card Virus: Excerpts from the Literature" is not credited on its title page, but is assigned to Victor Milán on the copyright page. It is a non-fact article closer to fiction than essay.

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Anthology Title: Wild Cards • [Wild Cards • 1] • (1987) • anthology by George R. R. Martin

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1 • Prologue (Wild Cards I) • [Wild Cards] • (1987) • short story by George R. R. Martin
10 • Thirty Minutes Over Broadway! • [Wild Cards] • (1987) • novelette by Howard Waldrop
47 • The Sleeper • [Croyd Crenson] • (1987) • novelette by Roger Zelazny
91 • Witness • [Wild Cards] • (1986) • novella by Walter Jon Williams
139 • Degradation Rites • [Wild Cards] • (1987) • novelette by Melinda M. Snodgrass
180 • Interlude One • [Wild Cards] • (1987) • short story by George R. R. Martin
185 • Shell Games • [Wild Cards] • (1987) • novelette by George R. R. Martin
232 • Interlude Two • [Wild Cards] • (1987) • short story by George R. R. Martin
234 • The Long, Dark Night of Fortunato • [Wild Cards] • (1987) • short story by Lewis Shiner
255 • Transfigurations • [Wild Cards] • (1987) • novelette by
Victor Milán^?Victor Milan
281 • Interlude Three • [Wild Cards] • (1987) • short story by George R. R. Martin
287 • Down Deep • [Wild Cards] • (1987) • novelette by Edward Bryant and Leanne C. Harper
325 • Interlude Four • [Wild Cards] • (1987) • short story by George R. R. Martin
330 • Strings • [Wild Cards] • (1987) • novelette by Stephen Leigh
368 • Interlude Five • [Wild Cards] • (1987) • short story by George R. R. Martin
371 • Comes a Hunter • [Wild Cards] • (1987) • novelette by John J. Miller
395 • Epilogue: Third Generation • [Wild Cards] • (1987) • short story by Lewis Shiner
399 • The Science of the Wild Card Virus: Excerpts from the Literature • [Wild Cards] • (1987) • short story by
Victor Milán^?Victor Milan

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Publication: Wild Cards

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