Inside Straight - Brossura

Abraham, Daniel; Miller, John Jos; Vaughn, Carrie

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0765357127 ISBN 13: 9780765357120

Casa editrice: Tor Fantasy, 2008

Riassunto

In a follow-up to the original Wild Cards series, a new generation of aces comes of age as twenty-one of them compete against one another in a series of tasks and stunts on the blockbuster TV reality show American Hero, and John Fortune, son of the show's creator, discovers his destiny, in a collaborative saga. Reprint.

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L'autore:

George R.R. Martin is the author of the acclaimed, internationally bestselling fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire, adapted into the hit HBO series Game of Thrones. He is also the editor and contributor to the Wild Cards series, including the novels Suicide Kings and Fort Freak, among other bestsellers. He has won multiple science fiction and fantasy awards, including four Hugos, two Nebulas, six Locus Awards, the Bram Stoker, the World Fantasy Award, the Daedelus, the Balrog, and the Daikon (the Japanese Hugo). Martin has been writing ever since he was a child, when he sold monster stories to neighborhood children for pennies, and then in high school he wrote fiction for comic fanzines. His first professional sale was to Galaxy magazine, when he was 21. He has been a full-time writer since 1979. Martin has bachelor's and master's degrees in journalism from Northwestern University. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

This volume was edited by George R. R. Martin, with the assistance of Melinda M. Snodgrass, and written by:

Daniel Abraham
Melinda M. Snodgrass
Carrie Vaughn
Michael Cassutt
Caroline Spector
John Jos. Miller
George R. R. Martin
Ian Tregillis
S. L. Farrell

Product Description:

In 1946, an alien virus that rewrites human DNA is accidentally unleashed. It kills 90 percent of those it infected. Nine percent of those who survive mutate, and one percent gains superpowers. This is the tale of the history of the world since then.

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• Editore: Tor Fantasy
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0765357127
• ISBN 13: 9780765357120
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 421
• Redattore: Martin George R. R., Snodgrass Melinda M.