GEORGE R. R. MARTIN is the author of the acclaimed, internationally bestselling fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire, which is the basis for HBO's popular Game of Thrones television series. Martin has won multiple science fiction awards, including four Hugos, two Nebulas, the Bram Stoker, the Locus Award, the World Fantasy Award, the Daedelus, the Balrog, and the Daikon (Japanese Hugo).
"Upbeat....Every chapter is solidly entertaining; standouts include
Saladin Ahmed's "Meathooks on Ice," Christopher Rowe's "The
Apotheosis of Todd Taszycki," and Mary Anne Mohanraj's "A Beautiful
Facade," all of which allow their protagonists plenty of room for
growth and change. Longtime fans will enjoy surprise appearances by
previous notables, sometimes in drastically altered circumstances,
and this entry also works well as a standalone. It's a treat for
any fan of superhero stories." --Publishers Weekly "Humor is a nice
touch throughout...The stories are all solid and entertainingly
deal with the various time paradoxes. Low Chicago is a good entry
point for those new to Wild Cards, a good read for those of us who
are not immersed but have some general knowledge, and another treat
for true Wild Cards fans." --Locus magazine "A genre-hopping,
time-jumping, crowd-pleasing chain novel under the curation of old
master Martin, he of Game of Thrones fame. The authors do a
respectable job overall of tangling with the ineffable. Is it
sci-fi? A viral thriller? Yes and no, and while not for every
taste, a pleasure for the experimentally minded." --Kirkus
Review
"Bringing together a strong group of authors, ranging from
long-time Wild Cards contributors Melinda Snodgrass, Kevin Andrew
Murphy, and John Jos. Miller to fresh recruits Saladin Ahmed and
Mary Anne Mohanraj, Low Chicago weaves a story that travels from
the neat present to the troubled 1968 Democratic convention to
1920s gangland and even Chicago's prehistoric past. The
twenty-fifth Wild Cards novel should not only satisfy long-time
fans of the series but also provide newcomers to it an engaging and
exciting entry into its world." --Booklist Praise for the Wild
Cards series "Perhaps the most original and provocative of the
shared worlds books." --Peter S. Beagle, author of The Last Unicorn
"Delicious...Everything I hoped for in a new Wild Cards book. The
character interactions and plot twists have exactly the complexity,
surprise, and unsentimental realism I'd expect out of a George R.
R. Martin project." --Austin Grossman, author of Soon I Will be
Invincible on Inside Straight "This is a wild ride of good,
blood-pumping fun that packs a surprisingly emotional punch for a
book that looks on the surface like just another superhero
adventure." -- Publishers Weekly on High Stakes "Emotionally
powerful. Wild Cards deals up the variety of short fiction without
losing the continuity of a novel."--The Seattle Times "A
delightfully imaginative speculation."--The Toronto Star "Martin
has assembled an impressive array of writers. . . . Progressing
through the decades, Wild Cards keeps its momentum to the end."
--Locus "The shared-world series known as Wild Cards has had a long
and illustrious history of contributors and achievements."
--SciFi.com "New readers and fans of the long-running series will
both love the fast-paced plotting and the ever-expanding history of
the Wild Card virus on this alternate Earth, where even the
superheroes are human." --Shelf Awareness on Lowball "Highly
recommended." --SFRevu on Lowball
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