Wild Cards 1 a mosaic novel Author:George R.R. Martin Death comes quickly and painfully to most of the victims when the Wild Card virus strikes. But others are transformed: some horribly, into grotesque "jokers"; a lucky few into super-human "aces". The alien virus arrived just after World War II - and Earth would never be the same. Stories by Roger Zelazney, Walter Jon Williams, George R. R. M... more »artin, Howard Waldrop, Lewis Shiner, Victor Milan, Leanne C. Harper, Stephen Leigh, Melinda M. Snodgrass, and Edward Bryant. Book Club edition.« less