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Ace in the Hole by George R. R. Martin
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Ace in the Hole (1989)

by George R. R. Martin (Editor)

Other authors: Stephen Leigh (Contributor), Victor Milán (Contributor), Walton Simons (Contributor), Melinda M. Snodgrass (Editor), Melinda M. Snodgrass (Contributor)1 more, Walter Jon Williams (Contributor)

Series: Wild Cards (6)

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Ace in the Hole is about the attempt by one of the main villains in the series, Sen. Gregg Hartmann (D-N.Y.) to become the presidential nominee. Hartmann has the power to manipulate the emotions, reactions and thoughts of anyone he's ever touched, provided they're within a fairly close proximity. Needless to say, this was useful as a politician; however, the price of the power is that it requires feeding on negative emotions fairly regularly, and so Hartmann manipulates people into violent acts, or into despair, to get that energy. This was a secret, largely, until this book.

The book's pretty even, for a shared-world book with a lot of authors, and the different authors' voices basically can just be attributed to the different characters' viewpoints in the world. Without the worse authors from the previous books, there aren't any egregiously bad portions, although some of them are better than others. The workings of politics in a world where there are lots of people with superhuman powers, and lots affected badly by an alien virus, were interesting, and the power-brokering behind the scenes with the real candidates (Jackson and Dukakis are featured) were pretty cool. This one was a lot of fun. ( )
  Capfox | Jul 13, 2007 |
The Ace in the Hole is a rumour that is running around the 1988 Democratic National Convention. Is one of the delegates a secret Ace? Well, yes, as Gregg Hartman is there. His platform is suffering because of this, and so will the victims of the Wild Card Virus if his policies are swept away.

There is enough of a problem, that the 'Judas Ace', Golden Boy, is drawn out of seclusion.

http://superprose.blogspot.com/2006/11/wild-cards-vi-ace-in-hole.html ( )
  bluetyson | Nov 26, 2006 |
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Martin, George R. R.Editorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Leigh, StephenContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Milán, VictorContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Simons, WaltonContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Snodgrass, Melinda M.Editorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Snodgrass, Melinda M.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Williams, Walter JonContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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A world of Wild Cards! The alien virus arrived on Earth just after World War II and the world was never the same. For those who become infected, there are two results; death, or transformation. And depending on the recipient, death is sometimes the preferable outcome. Only a few lucky ones become super-human 'aces' as a side effect of the virus; the rest are turned into horrible, grotesque 'jokers'. It's a strange and wonderful, terrible and terrifying world where anything can go. A world that, in a twist of fate, could lie just outside your door.

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