An alien bomb is detonated above the planet, shedding an indiscriminate gene virus on an Earth barely recovered from the horrors of World War ll. The result: Wild Cards. ACES blessed with superhuman powers and JOKERS cursed with bizarre physical and mental disfigurements. This is their story. And so began a series of shared-world anthologies that would bring the metahuman into the real world - our world. Everything up until 1946 is how we remember it. After that watershed year, many things will have changed. Welcome to WildCardsOnline, the guide to all things Wild Card. Want to know how it all started? What each book is about? Who the main characters are? What the various covers look like? Catch some trivia you may have missed? Chances are you'll find what you want here all under one roof. If not, let us know and we'll try to do something about it. In the meantime... May 4 2008 We've finally added an overview of 'Inside Straight' to the 'Books' section, updated the 'Creators' page, and uploaded a bunch of artwork to the 'Miscellaneous' and 'Covers' sections. The 'Characters' section is next on the list. April 7 2008 Check out Twerp Online for an hour-long audio history of the series and a review of the current book. February 17 2008 The current podcast at Comic Geek Speak (episode 375) features Daniel Abraham talking about the Wild Cards books and his new comic series. February 11 2008
In other Wild Cards related news, several hundred fans turned up at Page One Books in Albuquerque on February 2 to attend the mass signing and launch party for 'Inside Straight', with seven of the nine contributors on hand to sign their books. Editor Patrick Nielsen-Hayden and agent Kay McCauley flew out from New York City for the launch, and McCauley hosted a reception for the Wild Cards writers past and present and some of her other New Mexico clients after the event.
Apologies, also, for the tardiness in updating certain parts of the site now that the new book has been released. They will be added to over the coming weeks and months when time allows - specifically the 'books', 'characters', 'creators', 'covers' and 'miscellaneous' sections. Bookmark this page as we'll post any site updates here. January 23 2008 So go and buy it, y'hear? Or even here. We'll post our review of it when we get around to reading the darn thing and then getting the time to write it up (day jobs keep intruding) but until then, check out what the Fantasy Book Critic has to say about it. January 17 2008 A recent bulletin at Newsarama gives hope to all fans of the missing-in-action anti-hero and fan favourite, The Sleeper. Alongside some preview pages and covers to the upcoming 6-issue comic mini-series, Wild Cards: The Hard Call (due for release this April), comes the news that Croyd has a major role in the storyline when he's forced to hunt for a Jokertown killer after being framed for murder. December 15 2007 With the release of the new instalment only weeks away, Tor Books have gone live with their official Wild Cards site at www.wildcardsbooks.com. It's still at the beginning stages but will be added to regularly over the coming weeks and months. There's already plenty of good stuff to see, though, such as author biogs, cover art and author Q&A's. Visitors also get the chance to sign up for their regular email newsletter which will notify fans of additions to the site as well as links to some hidden pages in 'The Lost Archives'. December 3 2007 If you haven't already visited Pat's Fantasy Hotlist for the Wild Cards draw mentioned below, the new nine-way Q&A with the whole INSIDE STRAIGHT crew should surely tempt you. November 25 2007 George RR Martin has kindly informed us of several items relevant to the upcoming INSIDE STRAIGHT volume. The first couple of reviews from Publisher's Weekly and Fantasy Book Spot are in - so check 'em out. There's also a new interview with George at SFF World that covers the new book and the Wild Cards revival in general. As if that wasn't enough, at Pat's Fantasy Hotlist there are two advanced reading copies of INSIDE STRAIGHT up for grabs, signed by all nine authors, to the winners of their latest draw. September 1 2007 Green Ronin have been granted a license to begin publishing new Wild Cards titles in 2008 as part of their popular Mutants & Masterminds RPG. The first of these books, the Wild Cards Campaign Setting, an overview of the universe and its history, will be written by John Jos. Miller and is scheduled to debut next August at Gen Con Indy 2008. See George RR Martin's site for full details. July 14 2007 Michael Komarck's impressive cover for 'Inside Straight' (depicting Lohengrin) has been officially released - click on the thumbnail to view a bigger version. Those wishing for an opportunity to own a glossy, poster-sized version of the cover will need to attend the San Diego Comicon (July 26-29), where visitors to the Tor booth can enter a special raffle to win one of six copies autographed by George RR Martin, Melinda Snodgrass, John Jos. Miller, Daniel Abraham, Ian Tregillis, and Carrie Vaughn. Wild Cards authors Carrie Vaughn and Kevin Andrew Murphy will also be in attendance at the con. March 4 2007 Bit of a long wait for those of us who were hoping for a book sometime this year, but hey, that's publishing. Thanks to George for sending this tidbit our way. March 1 2007 Thanks to George R.R. Martin and Iain Cupples of Westeros (The Song of Ice and Fire Domain), we have just learnt of a deal for a new Wild Cards comic book that was announced at the New York Comicon. Marvel Comics and Dabel Brothers Productions (publishers of George's recent HEDGE KNIGHT graphic novel) are banding together with writer, Daniel Abraham to produce a six issue mini-series - later to be collected in a graphic novel format. Unlike the previous Epic Wild Cards series, it will be an all-new story with a mix of old and new characters. If successful, more Wild Cards comics may follow with contributions from other writers in the consortium. The full announcement can be read here on Daniel's blog. January 16 2007 To bring in the new year, George R.R. Martin has delivered the completed INSIDE STRAIGHT manuscript to Tor. The writers are now working on the next volume, BUSTED FLUSH. The full chapter listing can be found here. (Anyone who wants to know who the mysterious S.L. Farrell is might want to check out our creators page.) December 12 2006 George R.R, Martin has recently updated us with the following news: "The new Wild Cards book, INSIDE STRAIGHT, is coming together nicely. The writers are working on their final drafts now (several already in), and I'm hopeful that I will be able to deliver the book to Tor by the end of the year." As a bonus for those who can't wait, George has uploaded a short extract to his website (replacing the one from 'Death Draws Five'). The sample is from Daniel Abraham's chapter, 'Jonathan Hive Sells Out!' Read it here. June 5 2006 Finally, the news that loyal readers have been waiting for is now official. Contracts have been signed with Tor Books for a new trilogy of Wild Cards novels (informally known as 'The Committee Triad') with the first volume aimed for a release early next year, and subsequent volumes to follow in 2008 and 2009. Following the precedent set by previous books, the titles are once again card game related: Inside Straight, Busted Flush, and Suicide Kings. As John J. Miller hinted at earlier, the new series will focus primarily on the next generation of Wildcarders with the tagline, "It's 2007. Do you know where your children are?" The first promotional artwork for the series (by Mike S. Miller) provides a taster of ten of the new characters. Behind the scenes, many of the old gang will be back including Walter Jon Williams, John J. Miller, Michael Cassutt, Walton (Bud) Simons, Stephen Leigh and Kevin Andrew Murphy. They'll also be joined by Daniel Abraham, Christopher Rowe, Caroline Spector, Ian Tregillis and Carrie Vaughn. The George R.R. Martin and Melinda M. Snodgrass editing team remains intact and we can only hope that they too will be contributing new stories. The full announcement can be found on George R.R. Martin's website, as well as the names of the characters in the above illustration. April 28 2006 With ibooks filing for bankruptcy last month, the proposal for the new Wild cards triad is doing the rounds at other publishers, with Bantam getting first refusal. On his website, in addition to kindly plugging this site, George R.R. Martin says interest is strong, and he goes on, "It may take a few months, but we are going to find a new home, and the writers of the Wild Cards Consortium (both old and new) have already begun planning the next three books... Hell, we're just getting warmed up... so look for a major series rebirth in the near future." Adds Death Draws Five author, John J. Miller, "We really are going to the Next Generation, if you will, of Wild Cards, with some new authors and a ton of new characters." So things are looking up for the series. Let's keep our fingers crossed. February 1 2006 The 17th Wild Cards novel, DEATH DRAWS FIVE, written solely by John J. Miller has been released in hardcover by iBooks. At 300 pages, the book features (among others) Carnifex, Fortunato and his son John Fortune, Mr Nobody, Midnight Angel and John Nighthawk. Buy it here. According to John J. Miller it is possible more may follow, "George is working on the proposal as we speak." The 'Committee Triad' would involve a group of Aces deciding that things would be better with Wild Cards running things instead of nats. |
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