Valar Morghulis--Valar Dohaeris discussion

I started this the other day, just out of the random. I needed something light, something that wasn't a "group read" anywhere.

I'm about halfway through and liking it a lot. Most of it is WC origin stuff, getting the basics in place.

This is the edition I'm reading: . I found it on PBS last year sometime and jumped at the chance.

Just thought I'd mention, this book is back in print again: Wild Cards 1.

It has three new stories too.

GRRM has said that Tor will be releasing the 2nd and 3rd WC books as well, though they won't have new stories.

Contents

Prologue (Wild Cards I) • (1987) • short fiction by George R.R. Martin
Thirty Minutes Over Broadway! • (1987) • novelette by Howard Waldrop
The Sleeper • (1987) • novelette by Roger Zelazny
Witness • (1986) • novelette by Walter Jon Williams
Degradation Rites • (1987) • novelette by Melinda M. Snodgrass
Interlude One • (1987) • short fiction by George R.R. Martin
Shell Games • (1987) • novelette by George R.R. Martin
Interlude Two • (1987) • short fiction by George R.R. Martin
The Long, Dark Night of Fortunato • (1987) • shortstory by Lewis Shiner
Transfigurations • (1987) • novelette by Victor Milán
Interlude Three • (1987) • short fiction by George R.R. Martin
Down Deep • (1987) • novelette by Edward Bryant and Leanne C. Harper
Interlude Four • (1987) • short fiction by George R.R. Martin
Strings • (1987) • novelette by Stephen Leigh
Interlude Five • (1987) • short fiction by George R.R. Martin
Comes a Hunter • (1987) • novelette by John J. Miller
Epilogue: Third Generation • (1987) • short fiction by Lewis Shiner
The Science of the Wild Card Virus: Excerpts from the Literature • (1987) • short fiction by Victor Milán

I bought this the other day, and am really enjoying it!

Awesome, Maggie. I've gotten a little stalled on "Down Deep" but hoping to get back on it tonight. I should be done by now.

I just noticed that my contents for this (above) didn't include the three new stories. So here they are:

"Captain Cathode and the Secret Ace" Michael Cassutt
"Powers" David D. Levine
"Ghost Girl Takes Manhattan" Carrie Vaughn

I bought the ebook of the new edition when it was on sale, but haven't read the new stories yet. I probably will before I pick up #2.

I HATE it when different editions of a book have different stories. I'd like to read them at some point, but I'll be damned if I'll spend money to buy another copy of a book that I already have. Wild Cards takes up a whole shelf already.

Croyd & Captain Trips are my favorite characters, I think.

Just finished this - not generally a fan of short stories but I liked the recurring characters/shared world. I'm finding the Jokers more interesting than the Aces, although as per Jim, my favourite character so far is Croyd ((view spoiler)[who's sometimes Ace, sometimes Joker (hide spoiler)]). Looking forward to reading more of the series.