Wild Cards

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Wild Cards is a long-running shared-universe superhero anthology series, primarily edited and co-created by George R. R. Martin, that explores an alternate history shaped by an alien virus granting people extraordinary powers.

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Wild Cards canonical 2
Card Sharks 1
Marked Cards 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf alternate history series
science fiction series
shared universe
superhero anthology series
alsoKnownAs Wild Card Series
surface form: Wild Card series
centralConcept alien virus granting superpowers
coCreator George R. R. Martin
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator George R. R. Martin
editor George R. R. Martin
fictionalVirus Wild Card virus
firstPublicationYear 1987
genre alternate history
science fiction
superhero fiction
hasAdaptation comic book series
role-playing game
hasBook Ace in the Hole
Aces Abroad
Aces High
Black Trump
Busted Flush
Wild Cards self-linksurface differs
surface form: Card Sharks

Dead Man's Hand (poker hand)
surface form: Dead Man’s Hand

Dealer’s Choice
Double Solitaire
Down and Dirty
Fort Freak
High Stakes
Inside Straight
Joker Moon
Jokers Wild
Jokertown Shuffle
Low Chicago
Lowball
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surface form: Marked Cards

Mississippi Roll
One-Eyed Jacks
Suicide Kings
No-Limit Texas Hold'em
surface form: Texas Hold ’Em

Wild Cards self-linksurface differs
surface form: Turn of the Cards

Wild Cards self-linksurface differs
surface form: Wild Cards I
hasCharacterType ace
deuce
Joker
surface form: joker
hasContributor Carrie Vaughn
Cherie Priest
Daniel Abraham
Howard Waldrop
Ian Tregillis
Lewis Shiner
Melinda M. Snodgrass
Paul Cornell
Roger Zelazny
Walter Jon Williams
hasFormat mosaic novel
short story anthology
hasTheme discrimination against altered humans
political intrigue
superpowers and their social impact
influencedBy superhero comics
language English
medium prose fiction
notableEditor George R. R. Martin
publisher Baen Books
Bantam Books
HarperCollins
Tor Books
rightsHolder George R. R. Martin
setting alternate history Earth

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George R. R. Martin notableWork Wild Cards
Wild Cards hasBook Wild Cards self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Wild Cards I
Wild Cards hasBook Wild Cards self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Turn of the Cards
Wild Cards hasBook Wild Cards self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Card Sharks
Wild Cards hasBook Wild Cards self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Marked Cards