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A review by scheu
Inside Straight by George R.R. Martin
3.0
Starts out like it isn't much of a Wild Cards book, but ends like a for-real Wild Cards book. As a jumping-on point for new readers, it's all right. Longtime fans will wonder where everyone is.
On a side note, after 25-plus years of reading WC books, I'm starting to be creeped out by the way some of the authors write about women. I would say it's not quite as big a creep factor as reading Piers Anthony, but still, creepy. It's more jarring when you read the stories BY women ("Metagames" for instance). Also, what is the deal with WC writers saying somebody has "cafe au lait" skin? This is a term I have only ever seen in these books. There's got to be a better way to say that. "She had skin like a grande Misto".
On a side note, after 25-plus years of reading WC books, I'm starting to be creeped out by the way some of the authors write about women. I would say it's not quite as big a creep factor as reading Piers Anthony, but still, creepy. It's more jarring when you read the stories BY women ("Metagames" for instance). Also, what is the deal with WC writers saying somebody has "cafe au lait" skin? This is a term I have only ever seen in these books. There's got to be a better way to say that. "She had skin like a grande Misto".