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Publication: Wild Cards

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  • Publication: Wild CardsPublication Record # 54663
  • Editor: George R. R. Martin
  • Date: 1987-01-00
  • 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 by Stan Watts
  • Notes:
    • A Bantam Spectra Book / January 1987
    • First printing by number line 0987654321
    • Cover illustration copyright © 1986 by Stan Watts on copyright page
    • 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, but assumed to be authored by the editor.
    • "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.
    • $4.95 in Canada
  • External IDs:
Cover art supplied by ISFDB on this Web page
Anthology Title: Wild Cards • [Wild Cards • 1] • anthology by George R. R. Martin

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Mhhutchins 2008-01-20 12:02:50 Permanent 2022-08-24
Dragoondelight 2009-12-31 14:41:23 Permanent 2010-09-05
Kleistke 2014-01-20 09:19:52 Permanent 2014-03-09
Bluesman 2018-02-03 18:16:36 Transient 2018-12-13

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Bleiler1 (Gernsback) N/A Dragoondelight 2009-12-31 14:41:23
Bleiler78 N/A Bluesman 2018-02-03 18:16:39
Clute/Grant Verified SGale 2014-09-23 09:19:05
Clute/Nicholls Verified SGale 2014-09-23 09:19:05
Contento1 (anth/coll) N/A Bluesman 2018-02-03 18:16:39
Currey N/A Bluesman 2018-02-03 18:16:39
Locus1 Verified Bluesman 2018-02-03 18:16:39
Miller/Contento N/A Bluesman 2018-02-03 18:16:39
OCLC/Worldcat Verified Bluesman 2018-02-03 18:16:39
Reginald1 N/A Bluesman 2018-02-03 18:16:39
Reginald3 Verified Bluesman 2018-02-03 18:16:39
Tuck N/A Dragoondelight 2009-12-31 14:41:23
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