Series
Wild Cards
George R. R. Martin, Melinda M. Snodgrass, Stephen Leigh, Walton Simons, John J. Miller, Victor Milán, Carrie Vaughn, Walter Jon Williams, Daniel Abraham, Roger Zelazny, Caroline Spector, Ian Tregillis, Michael Cassutt, Kevin Andrew Murphy, Leanne C. Harper, Lewis Shiner, David Anthony Durham, Mary Anne Mohanraj, David D. Levine, Edward Bryant, Cherie Priest, Laura J. Mixon, Paul Cornell, Steve Perrin, William F. Wu, Christopher Rowe, Max Gladstone, Pat Cadigan, Sage Walker, Alan Brennert, Arthur Byron Cover, Chris Claremont, Diana Rowland, Emma Newman, Gail Gerstner-Miller, Howard Waldrop, Leo Kenden, Marko Kloos, Peadar Ò Guilin, Peter Newman, Saladin Ahmed & Ty Franck · 13 novels · 28 novellas · 68 novelettes · 188 short stories · 22 anthologies · 1986–2025
Wild Cards is a series of science fiction superhero shared universe anthologies, mosaic novels, and solo novels. They are written by a collection of more than forty authors and are edited by George R. R. Martin and Melinda M. Snodgrass. Set largely during an alternate history of post-World War II United States, the series follows humans who contracted the Wild Card virus, an alien virus that rewrites DNA and mutates survivors. Those who acquire crippling and/or repulsive physical conditions are known as Jokers, while those who acquire superhuman abilities are known as Aces, and those few who acquire minor, insignificant powers not worthy of being called aces are known as Deuces.
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By decade
- 1980s105
- 1990s70
- 2000s71
- 2010s46
- 2020s27
Shape
13 novels · 28 novellas · 68 novelettes · 188 short stories · 22 anthologies
42 authors
reads like:superherogenetic engineeringnorth americamid 20th centurydarkadult
Mood
Grim and intense: 96% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 46%.
this series · the catalog · brighter = more books136 of 319 works carry a tone
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- Witnessdarkest
- Father Henry's Little Miraclebrightest
- From the Journal of Xavier Desmondcalmest
- Luck Be a Ladymost intense