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"After the alien virus struck humanity in the wake of World War II, a handful of the survivors found they possessed superhuman powers. The Wild Cards shared-world volumes tell their story. Here in book two, we trace these heroes and villains through the tumultuous 1980s, in stories from SF and fantasy giants such as George R. R. Martin, Roger Zelazny, Pat Cadigan, Lewis Shiner, Walter Jon Williams, and others"--
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Science fiction, Short stories, Virus diseases, World War, 1939-1945, Survivialism, Fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general, Seres extraterrestres, Extraterrestrial beings, Bien y mal, Human-alien encounters, Virosis, Ficción, Good and evil, American Science fiction, Fiction, science fiction, action & adventure, Survivalism, FICTION / Science Fiction / General, Virus diseases -- Fiction, Extraterrestrial beings -- Fiction, Human-alien encounters -- Fiction, Good and evil -- Fiction, Virosis -- Ficción, Seres extraterrestres -- Ficción, Bien y mal -- FicciónShowing 7 featured editions. View all 22 editions?
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"There were maybe a dozen of them."
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