Wild Cards
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Overview:
- Title: Wild Cards
- Author: George R. R. Martin
- Year: 1988
- ISBN-10: 0553261908
- Publisher: Bantam Spectra
- Price: $3.95
- Pages: 410
- Binding: Paperback
- Type: Anthology
- Title Reference: Wild Cards
- 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.