{"id":5033,"date":"2018-11-06T07:30:09","date_gmt":"2018-11-06T14:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/?p=5033"},"modified":"2018-11-01T14:47:45","modified_gmt":"2018-11-01T20:47:45","slug":"wild-cards-take-texas-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/2018\/11\/06\/wild-cards-take-texas-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild Cards Take Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Jokertown Mob is heading for San Antonio, along with Rubberband, Rustbelt, and the Amazing Bubbles.<\/p>\n<p>And yes, they will be in your favorite bookstore TODAY.\u00a0\u00a0 It&#8217;s publication day for TEXAS HOLD &#8216;EM.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4640\" src=\"http:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/503792_900.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"592\" height=\"900\" \/><\/p>\n<p>TEXAS HOLD \u2018EM is the final book in the America Triad, and the twenty-seventh volume of the overall series\u2026 but no, it\u2019s not necessary to have read the first twenty-six to enjoy this one.\u00a0\u00a0 It&#8217;s a stand-alone, like MISSISSIPPI ROLL and LOW CHICAGO.\u00a0\u00a0 This one is lighter in tone than most Wild Cards books: a bit of a romp, if truth be told, blending Wild Cards action with a touch of screwball comedy.<\/p>\n<p>The lineup this time:<\/p>\n<p>Caroline Spector \u201cBubbles and the Band Trip\u201d<br \/>\nMax Gladstone \u201cThe Secret Life of Rubberband\u201d<br \/>\nWilliam F. Wu \u201cJade Blossom\u2019s Brew\u201d<br \/>\nDiana Rowland \u201cBeats, Bugs, and Boys\u201d<br \/>\nWalton Simons \u201cIs Nobody Going to San Antone?\u201d<br \/>\nVictor Milan \u201cDust and the Darkness\u201d<br \/>\nDavid Anthony Durham \u201cDrop City\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The spectacular cover is by Michael Komarck.<\/p>\n<p>You can get TEXAS HOLD &#8216;EM from your favorite local bookstore on online retailer.\u00a0\u00a0 If you would like to snag an autographed copy, we will have some available from the bookstore at the Jean Cocteau Cinema.\u00a0\u00a0 (The JCC also has autographed copies of many of the earlier Wild Cards books available, most of the signed not only by myself but by several contributors as well).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Jokertown Mob is heading for San Antonio, along with Rubberband, Rustbelt, and the Amazing Bubbles. And yes, they will be in your favorite bookstore TODAY.\u00a0\u00a0 It&#8217;s publication day for TEXAS HOLD &#8216;EM. TEXAS HOLD \u2018EM is the final book in the America Triad, and the twenty-seventh volume of the overall series\u2026 but no, it\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[218],"tags":[25,37,7],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5033"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5033"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5033\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5034,"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5033\/revisions\/5034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}