BackinprintafteradecadeisWildCardsIII:JokersWild,featuringfictionbyGeorgeR.R.Martin,RogerZelazny,WalterJonWilliams,andothersOnSeptember15,1946,theWildCardviruswasreleased,spreadingawaveofmutationsaroundtheglobe.”Aces”wereendowedwithextraordinarypowers,while”Jokers”werecursedwithbizarrementalorphysicaldisabilities.September15thisnowWildCardDay.Witheachpassingyear,thefestivitiesbecomelargerandmorefevered.And1986–thefortiethanniversary–promisestobethebiggestWildCardDayever.ButinNewYorkCitynoteveryoneiscelebrating:TheAstronomer,atwisted,powerfulgenius,hasbeenplanninghisownspecialfestivitiesforWildCardDay…adayofrevengeagainstthosewhohaveopposedhim…