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%T Jokertown Shuffle (Wild Cards IX)
%A George R.R. Martin, ed.
%I Bantam
%D September 1991
%O paperback, US$4.99
%P 390
%G 0-553-29174-2
"Jokertown Shuffle," like the other story collections set in the
Wild Cards universe, features quality writing, increasingly bizarre
joker and ace characters, drama, angst, and graphic descriptions of
exotic and gory acts of violence. A fine read for hardened Wild Cards
fans; readers with weaker stomachs or no knowledge of the series
should ease into this unsavory world by reading the earlier
collections first. [CCO]
%T Sword and Sorceress VIII
%A Marion Zimmer Bradley, ed.
%I DAW
%D September 1991
%O paperback, US$4.50
%P 285
%G 0-88677-486-1
This is yet another collection by Marian Zimmer Bradley
of fantasy stories, mostly by new writers, where magic-wielding
women prevail over male oppression by means of their magic, their
wits, or both. The assortment of stories range from interesting
to merely pretentious, though I would have enjoyed them despite
their flaws had Bradley refrained from prefacing each story with
cynical commentary about how bad most of the stories of its type
usually are. [CCO]
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