Wild cards: pairing up
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Series:
Publisher:
Bantam
Pub. Date:
[2023]
Edition:
First edition
Language:
English
Description
"An alien virus ravages the world, its results as random as a hand of cards. Those infected either draw the black queen and die, draw and ace and receive superpowers, or draw the joker and are bizarrely mutated. Nevertheless, human nature reigns supreme. And one fo the most enduring human drives is the search for love. Aces and jokers alike both want to find it, or have lost it...or perhaps just want to use it for personal gain. Within these stories, you will find love, Wild Cards style-crazy, unconventional, touching, strange, and oh-so-familiar. Here we have a jewel thief who seduces a popular actor just so she can track down a long-lost treasure; a teenager trapped in the body of giant snail who attempts to win his love Cyrano de Bergerac style; a fierce bodyguard whose romance at an isolated resort takes an unexpected turn; a police detective with PTSD who finds healing in an unlikely place; a young roadie whose vacation crush is the woman sent to protect him; an older man reflecting back on his great lost love; a man who discovers his purpose in life after meeting a beautiful butterfly woman; and a young hero who has been awarded the hideous name of Hero McHeroface finding some solace in the arms of a beautiful astrologer. Pairing Up is the Wild Cards take on love-finding it, seeking it, losing it, or achieving it-as aces and jokers enter into the highest stake game of all: gambling on their heart's desire"--
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Grouping Title | wild cards pairing up |
Grouping Author | george r r martin |
Grouping Category | book |
Grouping Language | English (eng) |
Last Grouping Update | 2024-05-05 20:44:53PM |
Last Indexed | 2024-05-18 02:33:59AM |
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Bond, Gwenda
Denton, Bradley
Durham, David Anthony, 1969-
Kloos, Marko
Martin, George R. R.
Murphy, Kevin
Rowe, Christopher
Simons, Walton
Snodgrass, Melinda M., 1951-
Denton, Bradley
Durham, David Anthony, 1969-
Kloos, Marko
Martin, George R. R.
Murphy, Kevin
Rowe, Christopher
Simons, Walton
Snodgrass, Melinda M., 1951-
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Bond, Gwenda.What's your sign?
Denton, Bradley.Echoes from a canyon wall
Durham, David Anthony,1969-Wolf and the butterfly
Kloos, Marko,author
Kloos, Marko.In the forests of the night
Martin, George R. R.,editor
Murphy, KevinTrudy of the apes
Murphy, Kevinauthor
Rowe, Christopher,author
Rowe, Christopher.Cyrano d'escargot
Simons, Walton.Long goodbye
Snodgrass, Melinda M.,1951-Wounded heart
Snodgrass, Melinda M.,1951-contributor
Denton, Bradley.Echoes from a canyon wall
Durham, David Anthony,1969-Wolf and the butterfly
Kloos, Marko,author
Kloos, Marko.In the forests of the night
Martin, George R. R.,editor
Murphy, KevinTrudy of the apes
Murphy, Kevinauthor
Rowe, Christopher,author
Rowe, Christopher.Cyrano d'escargot
Simons, Walton.Long goodbye
Snodgrass, Melinda M.,1951-Wounded heart
Snodgrass, Melinda M.,1951-contributor
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Boulder Main Library
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Boulder Main Adult NonFiction
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"An alien virus ravages the world, its results as random as a hand of cards. Those infected either draw the black queen and die, draw and ace and receive superpowers, or draw the joker and are bizarrely mutated. Nevertheless, human nature reigns supreme. And one fo the most enduring human drives is the search for love. Aces and jokers alike both want to find it, or have lost it...or perhaps just want to use it for personal gain. Within these stories, you will find love, Wild Cards style-crazy, unconventional, touching, strange, and oh-so-familiar. Here we have a jewel thief who seduces a popular actor just so she can track down a long-lost treasure; a teenager trapped in the body of giant snail who attempts to win his love Cyrano de Bergerac style; a fierce bodyguard whose romance at an isolated resort takes an unexpected turn; a police detective with PTSD who finds healing in an unlikely place; a young roadie whose vacation crush is the woman sent to protect him; an older man reflecting back on his great lost love; a man who discovers his purpose in life after meeting a beautiful butterfly woman; and a young hero who has been awarded the hideous name of Hero McHeroface finding some solace in the arms of a beautiful astrologer. Pairing Up is the Wild Cards take on love-finding it, seeking it, losing it, or achieving it-as aces and jokers enter into the highest stake game of all: gambling on their heart's desire"--
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Wild cards
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Wild cards|
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Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
Mutation (Biology) -- Fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction, American
Short stories
Superheroes -- Fiction
Mutation (Biology) -- Fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction, American
Short stories
Superheroes -- Fiction
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Wild cards : pairing up
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Wild cards : pairing up / edited by George R.R. Martin ; assisted by Melinda M. Snodgrass and written by Kevin Andrew Murphy, Christopher Rowe, Marko Kloos [and 6 others]
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Wild cards
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pairing up
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Interpersonal relations
Mutation (Biology)
Science fiction, American
Superheroes
Mutation (Biology)
Science fiction, American
Superheroes
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