{"id":5395,"date":"2019-04-30T07:32:17","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T13:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/?p=5395"},"modified":"2019-04-28T19:35:34","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T01:35:34","slug":"come-back-to-jokertown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/2019\/04\/30\/come-back-to-jokertown\/","title":{"rendered":"Come Back to Jokertown"},"content":{"rendered":"

A heads up for all you Wild Carders out there — another publication day<\/em> has rolled around.<\/p>\n

Check out your favorite local bookstore or on-line bookseller.\u00a0 Today’s the day Tor releases its long-awaited reissue of JOKERTOWN SHUFFLE, volume nine of the overall series and the second book in the Rox\/ jumper sequence.\u00a0\u00a0 Originally published in August, 1991, this one has been out of print for the more than two decades, available only from used book stores and auction sites at inflated prices… and that for a mass market.\u00a0 The new Tor edition will be a trade paperback, featuring a lovely new cover paining of Lady Black by David Palumbo.<\/p>\n

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The original lineup of JOKERTOWN SHUFFLE (1991 edition) was:<\/p>\n

STEPHEN LEIGH\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 “The Temptation of Hieronymous Bloat”
\nJOHN JOS. MILLER\u00a0\u00a0 “And Hope to Die”
\nMELINDA M. SNODGRASS\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 “Lovers”
\nVICTOR MILAN\u00a0 “Madman Across the Water”
\nWALTER JON WILLIAMS\u00a0 “Whilst Night’s Black Agents To Their Preys Do Rouse”
\nLEWIS SHINER\u00a0 “Riders”
\nWALTON (BUD) SIMONS\u00a0 “Nobody Does It Alone”<\/p>\n

Featured characters include Bloat, Yeoman, Dr. Tachyon, Cap’n Trips, Black Shadow, Veronica, and Mr. Nobody.<\/p>\n

But that’s not all.\u00a0\u00a0 Just as we did with volumes one, four, and eight, we’ve added some brand new original<\/em> content to JOKERTOWN SHUFFLE in the form of two original stories from CARRIE VAUGHN and CHERIE PRIEST, starring Fort Freak’s joker detective Leo Storgman (Ramshead) and SCARE agent Joanne Jefferson (Lady Black).\u00a0 So even if you’ve read the book in the mists of time, you haven’t read it all.\u00a0\u00a0 The new tales are entitled “The Unintended” (by Cherie) and “Unraveling” (by Carrie).\u00a0 You won’t want to miss them.<\/p>\n

[[Times have changed since 1991, so I had best mention here that JOKERTOWN SHUFFLE is probably the darkest volume of the original series and includes some very strong stuff, including sexual violence.\u00a0 So consider this a trigger warning for those who prefer not to go there]].<\/p>\n

So here’s your chance to complete your Wild Cards collection by filling in a long-missing volume… or maybe to start a Wild Cards collection.<\/p>\n

And once you’ve read it, head over to Tor.com and join the discussion with Katy Rask and the Wild Cards reread:<\/p>\n

Stolen Bodies, Warped Minds\u2014Wild Cards IX: Jokertown Shuffle<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n