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A review by b1llz1lla
Aces Abroad by George R.R. Martin
4.0
Book number 17 for me this year (2007) is Wild Cards 4: Aces Abroad. It's been a while since I read any Wild Cards fiction; I had to bone up a bit on the setting for a project I'm hoping I'll get to work on. It's pretty tough to find the WIld Cards books used these days; that must be why they're about to reprint them.
Anyway, this volume is called a "Mosaic novel" because it's a series of closely linked short stories, written by a variety of writers. Obviously this and the succeeding volume Wild Cards: Down and Dirty, must be seen by the reading public as somehow inferior - mostly because they're still around. However, after reading Aces Abroad, I feel prepared to dispute such a conclusion. I found it compelling reading, and while some of the pieces were better than others, none were stories I regretted spending the time to read. A fast, fun read; I recommend it.
Anyway, this volume is called a "Mosaic novel" because it's a series of closely linked short stories, written by a variety of writers. Obviously this and the succeeding volume Wild Cards: Down and Dirty, must be seen by the reading public as somehow inferior - mostly because they're still around. However, after reading Aces Abroad, I feel prepared to dispute such a conclusion. I found it compelling reading, and while some of the pieces were better than others, none were stories I regretted spending the time to read. A fast, fun read; I recommend it.