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Austin Grossman

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Born

in Concord, MA, The United States

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Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Austin Grossman graduated from Harvard University in 1991 with a plan to write the great American novel; instead he became a video game designer at Looking Glass Studios.

He has since contributed as a writer and designer to a number of critically acclaimed video games, such as ULTIMA UNDERWORLD II, SYSTEM SHOCK, DEUS EX, and TOMB RAIDER: LEGEND, and has taught and lectured on narrative in video games. He is currently a freelance game design consultant,

He is also a doctoral candidate in English Literature at the University of California at Berkeley, where he specializes in Romantic and Victorian literature.

SOON I WILL BE INVINCIBLE is his debut novel. (from the author's website)" ...more

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Average rating: 3.58 · 21,835 ratings · 3,334 reviews · 20 distinct works • Similar authors

	Soon I Will Be Invincible 3.67 avg rating — 14,309 ratings — published 2007 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	You 3.21 avg rating — 3,263 ratings — published 2013 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crooked 3.38 avg rating — 1,504 ratings — published 2015 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	New Found Land: The Long Haul by Austin Grossman (Goodreads Author), Neal Stephenson (Goodreads Author), Sean Stewart (Goodreads Author) 3.27 avg rating — 339 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Professor Incognito Apologizes 3.93 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fight Me! really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 53 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Art of Epic Mickey by Austin Grossman (Goodreads Author), Warren Spector (Foreword) 4.32 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Postmortems from Game Developer: Insights from the Developers of Unreal Tournament, Black and White, Age of Empires, and Other Top-Selling Games really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2003 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	مذكرات جون باركر هاموند by Austin Grossman (Goodreads Author), نادر أسامة (Goodreads Author) (Translator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	By Austin Grossman You [Paperback] 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“There's a fine line between a superpower and a chronic medical condition.”
― Austin Grossman, Soon I Will Be Invincible

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“When your laboratory explodes, lacing your body with a supercharged elixir, what do you do? You don't just lie there. You crawl out of the rubble, hideously scarred, and swear vengeance on the world. You keep going. You keep trying to take over the world.”
― Austin Grossman, Soon I Will Be Invincible

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“One day you wake up and realize the world can be conquered... I'm going to put a mask on and scrawl my name across the face of the world, build cities of gold, come back and stomp this place flat, until even the bricks are just dust. So you can just shut up. All of you. I'm going to move the world.”
― Austin Grossman, Soon I Will Be Invincible

tags: anger, masks, shut-up, supervillains, world-domination

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March book discussion: vote for the book you'd like to discuss. Page counts refer to Kindle editions.
NOTE: Poll is intended for people who want to read the book and discuss it, particularly those who have not yet read it or are willing to re-read if it's been a while. Do not vote unless you will follow up if your book wins. No recruiting by authors please (likewise voting to "Like" a book skews the results). Thanks, and happy voting!

An Uncommon Blue by R.C. Hancock
2014, 288 pages, AR 4.34
$6.49 Kindle, used paper $9.49 and up

7 votes 26.9%

Redshirts by John Scalzi
2012, 318 pages, average GR rating 3.82
Kindle $9.99 , cheap used print

7 votes 26.9%

The Last Man by Mary Shelley
1826, 342 pages, AR 3.31
FREE

4 votes 15.4%

Flesh & Wires by Jackie Hatton
2015, 282 pages, AR 4.25
$7.95 Kindle, used paper &11.01 and up

3 votes 11.5%

Soon I Will Be Invincible by Austin Grossman
2007, 338 pages, AR 3.69
Kindle $11.99, cheap used print

3 votes 11.5%

Apocalypse the Memoir by C.S. Oliver
2015, 309 pages, AR 4.57
Kindle $2.99, $12.59 and up in print

2 votes 7.7%

26 total votes

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Austin’s Quotes

“When you can't bear something but it goes on anyway, the person who survives isn't you anymore; you've changed and become someone else, a new person, the one who did bear it after all.”
― Austin Grossman

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