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03999aam a2200553 i 4500 001 73B542FC1FB011EEBAEC81A559ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230711010159 008 230622s2023 nyu e 000 1 eng 010 $a 2022038255 020 $a 0593357868 020 $a 9780593357866 035 $a (OCoLC)1385351047 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c FFL $d FFL $d RNL $d IOU $d SILO 082 00 $a 813/.0876208 $2 23/eng/20221014 245 00 $a Wild cards : $b pairing up / $c edited by George R.R. Martin ; assisted by Melinda M. Snodgrass and written by Kevin Andrew Murphy, Christopher Rowe, Marko Kloos [and 6 others]. 246 3 $a George R. R. Martin presents wild cards 246 30 $a Pairing up 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Bantam, $c [2023] 300 $a x, 428 pages ; $c 24 cm. 520 $a "An alien virus ravages the world, its results as random as a hand of cards. Those infected either draw the black queen and die, draw and ace and receive superpowers, or draw the joker and are bizarrely mutated. Nevertheless, human nature reigns supreme. And one fo the most enduring human drives is the search for love. Aces and jokers alike both want to find it, or have lost it...or perhaps just want to use it for personal gain. Within these stories, you will find love, Wild Cards style-crazy, unconventional, touching, strange, and oh-so-familiar. Here we have a jewel thief who seduces a popular actor just so she can track down a long-lost treasure; a teenager trapped in the body of giant snail who attempts to win his love Cyrano de Bergerac style; a fierce bodyguard whose romance at an isolated resort takes an unexpected turn; a police detective with PTSD who finds healing in an unlikely place; a young roadie whose vacation crush is the woman sent to protect him; an older man reflecting back on his great lost love; a man who discovers his purpose in life after meeting a beautiful butterfly woman; and a young hero who has been awarded the hideous name of Hero McHeroface finding some solace in the arms of a beautiful astrologer. Pairing Up is the Wild Cards take on love-finding it, seeking it, losing it, or achieving it-as aces and jokers enter into the highest stake game of all: gambling on their heart's desire"-- $c Provided by publisher. 505 00 $t The wolf and the butterfly / $r David Anthony Durham. $t Cyrano d'escargot / $r Christopher Rowe -- $t In the forests of the night / $r Marko Kloos -- $t The wounded heart / $r Melinda M. Snodgrass -- $t Echoes from a canyon wall / $r Bradley Denton -- $t The long goodbye / $r Walton Simons -- $t What's your sign? / $r Gwenda Bond and Peter Newman -- $t The wolf and the butterfly / $r David Anthony Durham. 650 0 $a Superheroes $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Mutation (Biology) $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Interpersonal relations $v Fiction. $9 80342 650 0 $a Science fiction, American. $9 75077 655 7 $a Science fiction. $2 lcgft $9 166745 655 7 $a Short stories. $2 lcgft $9 164681 700 1 $a Martin, George R. R., $e editor. $9 13723 700 1 $a Snodgrass, Melinda M., $d 1951- $e contributor. 700 1 $a Murphy, Kevin $q (Kevin Andrew), $e author. $9 206362 700 1 $a Rowe, Christopher, $e author. $9 201203 700 1 $a Kloos, Marko, $e author. $9 179853 700 12 $a Snodgrass, Melinda M., $d 1951- $t Wounded heart. 700 12 $a Murphy, Kevin $q (Kevin Andrew) $t Trudy of the apes. 700 12 $a Rowe, Christopher. $t Cyrano d'escargot. 700 12 $a Kloos, Marko. $t In the forests of the night. 700 12 $a Denton, Bradley. $t Echoes from a canyon wall. 700 12 $a Simons, Walton. $t Long goodbye. 700 12 $a Bond, Gwenda. $t What's your sign? 700 12 $a Durham, David Anthony, $d 1969- $t Wolf and the butterfly. 941 $a 4 952 $l XSPE157 $d 20240126010730.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20230906010047.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20230902012330.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20230711011242.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=73B542FC1FB011EEBAEC81A559ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search