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19. Juli 2002 · DEUCES DOWN, the first new Wild Cards book in seven years, was released this month by iBooks, in hardcover and ebook versions. DEUCES DOWN features seven brand new tales from the word processors of John J. Miller, Walton Simons, Melinda M. Snodgrass, Stephen Leigh, Michael Cassutt, Kevin Andrew Murphy, and newcomer Daniel Abraham ...
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Deuces Down is the sixteenth volume in the Wild Cards shared universe fiction series edited by George R.R. Martin.
This is an anthology of unrelated stories spanning four decades. The focus is on 'Deuces' - the 'almost-aces' with negligible powers that are often more trouble than they're worth.
This cover is a departure from the rest of the covers in the series. No characters from the stories appear on the cover, and the title of the book is not immediately apparent. The title is, in fact, printed upside-down in a gloss ink over the words "Wild Cards". The art here was done by comic book artist Jim Steranko.
As originally published, this is the first book of the series to have no unifying plot. Although all the stories contain the central theme of Deuces being the main protagonists, the stories are otherwise unrelated.
The 2021 reprint adds three new stories, one of them an interstitial story forming an overall narrative for the book. To suit this, the original stories have been reordered.
The 2021 expanded edition contains the following additional stories:
27. Feb. 2021 · Deuces Down is both the 16th and 30th book in the Wild Cards series. The anthology was first published in 2002; this new version is refreshed with added stories by Carrie Vaughn, Mary Anne Mohanraj, and Caroline Spector.
1. Jan. 2002 · An alien biological weapon was accidentally detonated over New York City, killing countless numbers of people. Those who survived, soon began to wish they had died once they discovered that they had been forever mutated by the virus unleashed in the blast.
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15. März 2022 · In Deuces Down, iconic celebrities and landmark events are seen in a whole new light, such as John Jos. Miller’s exciting 1969 World Series between the Baltimore Orioles and the Brooklyn Dodgers; Michael Cassutt’s first moon landing, when the world wasn’t watching; Walter Simons’ Great New York City Blackout of 1977; and ...
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Wild Cards XVI: Deuces Down. An alien biological weapon was accidentally detonated over New York City, killing countless numbers of people. Those who survived, soon began to wish they had died once they discovered that they had been forever mutated by the virus unleashed in the blast.
Deuces Down (Wild Cards, Band 12) | Martin, George R. R., Snodgrass, Melinda M., Cassutt, Michael, Miller, John Jos., Simons, Walton | ISBN: 9781250227201 | Kostenloser Versand für alle Bücher mit Versand und Verkauf duch Amazon.
