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Title: Wild Cards IV: Aces Abroad : A Mosaic Novel by George R. R. Martin, Melinda M. Snodgrass, Tom Mandrake ISBN: 0-7434-5241-0 Publisher: Ibooks Pub. Date: 01 September, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: hooray the W.H.O. tour!...
Comment: I LOVED this book in the series, because it explores (for the first time) how Wild Cards affected the rest of the world. We get to travel along with a World Health Organization Fact-Finding Mission, charged with documenting the global affect of Wild Cards. And through their eyes, we get to see how cultures around the world changed and evolved as a result of the virus; I found that was really the final detail I needed to flesh out the Wild Cards universe in my head as a complete alternate reality. The Wild Cards were alive for me after the first three books, but after this one, they were talking to me. =;>
Rating: 4
Summary: An International Wild Card Novel
Comment: Aces Abroad is exactly what the title says - American Aces going outside of the US. A delegation of Aces, Jokers, and Nats( all in a Boeing 747 names The Stacked Deck), goes abroad to see the situation of aces outside the US. They go to South America, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Europe - in short, a 'round the world' tour. After three books that focused on the US, the much needed international perspective to the story was finally given. Perhaps the highlight of the books was the return of Greg Hartmann, masterfully written by Stephen Leigh. I really liked Leigh's Strings in the first Wild Card book, and his story here, is every bit as well written, and if it isn't as tense, that's a fault of the narration, not opf the author - but wait, we'll get there. Other things worth mentioning - for the first time we get a Joker perpective. Both the continous Journal of Xavier Desmond, and John Miller's story, have an Joker narrater(Des and chrytalis, respectively). We also get answers to several nagging questions - about the Huge Ape with the passion for Blonds, about Tachyon's past, and best of all - a little more information about the Envoy. Priceless. The average level of story telling was rather high. I thought there were only 1 stincker in that pack - Down in Dreamtime, a terrible story about Jack the Aligator Man's niece. I must admit I forgot her name. Ok, but what's wrong witht he books? The greatest complain is the lack of real plot. We get basically adventures. The Stacked Deck arrives at a country, bad stuff happends. then it arrives at a new country, and a new aqdvanture starts. There's little feeling of a continuous story, despite some attempts there. Especially bothering is the fact that at the end, all the stories seem to be about Terrorists. That was somewhat of an overkill. Tachyon, for one, becomes annoying. I won't spoil anything, but he turns out more and more annoying. Snodgrass writes a nice story about him, but I don't like the direction they're taking the character. A Final complaint is that George R R Martin doesn't write a story for the book, but only the journal of Desmond, which isn't good enough for a Martin fan like me. Overall, this is a strong volume. Not as strong as ACES HIGH, maybe, but stronger then JOKERS WILD and then WILD CARDS. If you like the wild Card series, this is a good addition.
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Title: Wild Cards V: Down & Dirty by George Martin ISBN: 0743445449 Publisher: Ibooks Pub. Date: 01 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Wild Cards VI: Ace in the Hole by George R. R. Martin ISBN: 0743458370 Publisher: Ibooks Pub. Date: 01 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Dead Man's Hand by George Martin ISBN: 0553285696 Publisher: Spectra Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 1990 List Price(USD): $4.95 |
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Title: Wild Cards by George R. R. Martin, Edward Bryant, Leanne C. Harper, Stephen Leigh, Victor Milan, John J. Miller, Lewis Shiner, Melinda M. Snodgrass, Howard Waldrop, Walter Jon Williams ISBN: 0743475208 Publisher: Ibooks Pub. Date: 01 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: One-Eyed Jacks by George R.R. Martin ISBN: 0553288520 Publisher: Spectra Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 1991 List Price(USD): $4.95 |
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