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Aces high / edited by George R.R. Martin
- Title
- Aces high / edited by George R.R. Martin
- Publication
- New York : Tor Books, 2011.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | PS648.S3 A275 2011 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 399 p.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "After the alien virus struck humanity in the wake of World War II, a handful of the survivors found they possessed superhuman powers. The Wild Cards shared-world volumes tell their story. Here in book two, we trace these heroes and villains through the tumultuous 1980s, in stories from SF and fantasy giants such as George R. R. Martin, Roger Zelazny, Pat Cadigan, Lewis Shiner, Walter Jon Williams, and others"--
- Series Statement
- Wild cards ; II
- Uniform Title
- Wild cards (Series) 2.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Alternative histories (Fiction)
- Science fiction, American.
- Alternative histories (Fiction), American.
- Note
- "A Tom Doherty Associates Book."
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Pennies from Hell / Lewis Shiner -- Jube: One -- Unto the sixth generation: Prologue / Walter Jon Williams -- Jube: Two -- Ashes to ashes / Roger Zelazny -- Unto the sixth generation: Part one / Walter Jon Williams -- Unto the sixth generation: Part two / Walter Jon Williams -- Jube: Three -- If looks could kill / Walton Simons -- Jube: Four -- Winter's chill / George R. R. Martin -- Jube: Five -- Relative difficulties / Melinda M. Snodgrass -- With a little help from his friends / Victor Milán -- Jube: Six -- By lost ways / Pat Cadigan -- Mr. Koyama's comet / Walter Jon Williams -- Half past dead / John J. Miller -- Jube: Seven.
- ISBN
- 9780765326164 (pbk.)
- 0765326167 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- ^^2011024288
- OCLC
- 707969500
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library