Wild Cards news
November 21, 2011
A couple of cool things on the Wild Cards front:
The first two books are now available on audio.
If you’ve been wanting to give the series a try, this is a great chance. Especially since movie rights to the series have just sold and Melinda Snodgrass is writing the screenplay. *fangirl squee* Back in the day, when I was in college, I wrote George fanmail about Wild Cards. (He still has my letter, and I still have the letter he wrote back.) One of the questions I asked was about the possibilities of a movie. So you can see, this has been a long time coming.
November 21, 2011 at 9:46 am
I did in fact purchase Volume I.
I’m not sure where the others fit in, though; I had to stop reading the series, when it first came out. Too much doom&gloom&rape.
November 21, 2011 at 9:59 am
Inside Straight is the new “next generation” book that came out a couple of years ago. It’s meant to be a good place to pick up the series for new readers.
November 21, 2011 at 11:43 am
Okay… how it is it on the doom&gloom&rape scale?
(I’m a sensitive reader, what can I say; I really don’t like books that make me physically ill. I am sure you can guess which book I stopped at; I don’t remember the title, just the basic plot and my reaction to it.)
November 21, 2011 at 1:47 pm
Suicide Kings is rough. Not jumper and Rox island and Blaise rough, but the story hinges on genocide in Africa.
Inside Straight is reality TV with aces. A bit better.
November 21, 2011 at 7:36 pm
Big fan of the series since the ’80s. Can’t wait for the next one. Can’t wait to get asked to contribute. #geekingout
November 22, 2011 at 12:25 am
You already know how i feel about Wild Cards, Carrie. I know they tried to do a movie in early 90′s, and what happened to that. I just wonder how they are going to do a movie version of it.
And i do recommend Inside Straight to start with, or the new version of Wild Cards vol. 1.
Waiting for the new volume…