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One-Eyed Jacks (Wild Cards, Book 8) (Mass Market Paperback)

by George R.R. Martin (Author)

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Publisher: Bantam (January 1, 1991)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0553288520
ISBN-13: 978-0553288520
Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces

Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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2.0 out of 5 stars One Eyed Jacks, One starred Reviews, April 3, 2001

By	Omer Belsky (Haifa, Israel) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

Well, this is an unfortunate accident. In all eight Wild Cards books, this is easily the worst. Which is a shame, because it came after a series of above average Wild Cards novels (Down and Dirty/Ace in the Hole/The Dead Man's Hand), WC 5 and 7, especially, were the best in the series in my humble opinion.

The list of authors was by itself a bad sign: no George R. R. Martin, no Roger Zelazny, no Pat Cadigan or Walter Jon Williams. In other words, with the exception of Stephen Leigh, the heavy guns of the Wild Cards are missing.

Also, Leigh and Miller, who can generally guarantee entertaining stories about their characters, Greg Hartmann and Yeoman Brennan, aren't writing about them. This is particularly irritating in the case of Leigh, because his Hartmann stories are amoung the best things the WILD CARDS have to offer, and in this point in time, we're especially interested in where they're going.

OK, enough about what there ISN'T in this novel. What IS there? well, the sad truth is, not much, and sadly very little we haven't seen before.

About half of the novel is written by Walton Simons, and details the happening of that guy who used to be the giant Ape. I admit to have little urgent wish to learn about him, and his story, while not particularily bad, isn't very engaging. Also the titles, all puns based on the word Nobody, are particularily weak.

(BTW, I got a suspicion that all the stories'names here are based on titles of Rock songs. But that might just be because Lewish Shiner used 'Horses' the name of Patti Smith's classic, for a completely Horses free story).

Anyway, the plot, as far as there is one, focuses on a new bunch of ace kids, who can switch bodies with you and kill you. Sounds unexciting? It is. Not nearly as interesting as villains as the Astronomer was, they seem to be made of the 'forgettable' kind. I'm awfully uninterested in them.

Snodgras gives us another Tachyon soap opera. After I almost learned to like him again in Martin and Miller's The Dead Man's Hand, Snodgras abuses her little character again. She really shouldn't have been allowed to write any more Tachy stories after her very first 'Degredation Rites'. This one is particularily awful, as it involves Tachyon's falling for a doctor in the clinique ( who had LOVE INTEREST written all over her), and Blaise's final move into the dark side. This I found completely unappealing. Blaise seemed much more interesting as a guy who was neither here or there, someone both good and bad. Making him finally a villain just made him tedious. Although, Snodgras does give him some great lines "It was FUN being a terrorist'.

Miller gives us a story about conspiracies within the Shadow Fist organisation. That was pretty well executed, even if it didn't always make much sense. Definetly the best use of those jumper kids in the book.

The best piece here was, not unexpectedly, Leigh's story 'sixteen candles'. A pretty good tale about The Oddity, a threesome locked into one body, and their advanture. It is well written, but it suffers from a tame plot and uninteresting background character. Also the Oddity, as fun as he/she/it is, isn't nearly as interesting as the Puppetman.

All in all, it wasn't terrible, but it wasn't good. The WC, perhaps expectedly, is a really unequal enterprise, and this was on the weak side. Let's hope that the next one will be better.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Super Reader, August 1, 2007

By	Blue Tyson "- http://freesf.blogspot.com" - See all my reviews

Easily the weakest Wild Card novel so far, there is a good story about the four people that are caught up in the body of the joker/ace, Oddity though. The detail about Jerry Strauss isn't bad, either.

The conflict between Dr. Tachyon and his extremely powerful and untrained relative Blaise, continues to escalate.

The main problem starting here is a group that is able to 'jump' into different bodies, in a mental sense. This makes them very hard to control. Shadowy figures are at the heart of this menace.

Wild Cards 08 : 01 Nobody's Girl - Walton Simons
Wild Cards 08 : 02 Luck Be a Lady - Chris Claremont
Wild Cards 08 : 03 Nobody Knows Me Like My Baby - Walton Simons
Wild Cards 08 : 04 Horses - Lewis Shiner
Wild Cards 08 : 05 Mr. Nobody Goes to Town - Walton Simons
Wild Cards 08 : 06 Snow Dragon - William F. Wu
Wild Cards 08 : 07 Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen - Walton Simons
Wild Cards 08 : 08 Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing - Victor Mil�n
Wild Cards 08 : 09 You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You - Walton Simons
Wild Cards 08 : 10 Sixteen Candles - Stephen Leigh
Wild Cards 08 : 11 My Name Is Nobody - Walton Simons
Wild Cards 08 : 12 The Devil's Triangle - Melinda M. Snodgrass
Wild Cards 08 : 13 Nobody's Home - Walton Simons
Wild Cards 08 : 14 Dead Heart Beating - John J. Miller
Wild Cards 08 : 15 Nobody Gets Out Alive - Walton Simons

Ape recovery

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A new Doc in Jokertown.

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Shapeshifter settling.

3.5 out of 5

Veronica tries the other team, but goes back.

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Jerry does some investigating.

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Lazy Dragon shows his other side, amidst aces and jumpers.

4 out of 5

Hiram's trial gets rowdy.

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Radical search means no Trips.

4 out of 5

Digging deeper into the Jumpers with Jay.

3.5 out of 5

Interior Oddity, Bloated.

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More PI type stuff.

3 out of 5

Doctors date as Blaise Jumps.

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Kenneth killed as Jerry watches.

3 out of 5

Kien's aces, conflicted.

4 out of 5

Jerry corners Latham, fends off Jump.

3.5 out of 5

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4.0 out of 5 stars enter the Jumpers..., November 14, 2002

By	"t_i_r" (Frederick, MD United States) - See all my reviews

This definitely isn't the best the WC series has to offer, but I still found it a very enjoyable read, if for no other reason than the introduction of the Jumpers, and the Oddity. The story of the Oddity (three people merged into one gigantic, misshapen body) was both beautifully tragic and romantically entertaining, while the Jumpers (seemingly normal kids who have the ability to switch bodies with people by looking into their eyes) thrilled me with the creative possibilities that they presented. I remember when I read this book for the first time, hoping that these characters would be explored further. I was not dissappointed. This is only the beginning for the Jumpers, and in future volumes, it will be seen that they have a very important part yet to play.

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