Best Selling Books by Walter Jon Williams

ARISTOI "Io penso che stia creando della vita, laggiù. Una vita completamente nuova, o che stia facendo degli esperimenti con la genetica umana in modi che noi non approveremmo." Nell'oniricon, il mondo perfetto creato dagli Aristoi, c'è un angolo remoto che non sottostà alle leggi dettate dall'oligarchia dominante. Non è un posto senza dolore e senza sofferenza. È anzi il regno del dolore e della sofferenza. Irresistibile per l'Aristos Gabriel, l'illuminato, che dovrà combattere per ristabilire l'ordine. E continuare a essere Dio.

"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"--Amazon.com

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30 years after the world changed, the victims of the gene-altering 'Wild cards' virus face a new nightmare. The place is New York City, home of Aces High - the glamourous lounge for superheroes, high atop the Empire state building - and Jokertown, the squalid residence of the city's deformed underclass. The victims of the Wild Card Virus are no longer new and strange, but neither are they accepted by a world that still fears them. But as a new decade dawns, all eyes are drawn to the skies, and the Wild Cards may be the planet's only hope. From the far reaches of space comes The Swarm, a deadly menace that could very well destroy the planet. Aces and Jokers must form an uneasy alliance and prepare for a battle they must not lose.

"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"--Amazon.com

A collection of stories about heroes gifted with strange, superhuman powers, with contributions by authors such as George R.R. Martin, Roger Zelazny, David D. Levine, and Carrie Vaughn.

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