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Superheroes are huge, not just in comics but in movies and novels as well. So there's nothing more exciting than the idea of creating a new superhero from scratch. But aren't all the good ideas taken? Not necessarily. More »
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Today Mulholland Books announced it bought the next two books from Austin Grossman, whose 2007 novel Soon I Will Be Invincible won critical praise and devoted fans for its tale of a melancholy, neurotic supervillain. Grossman, an io9 contributor, talked to us on Friday about the six-figure book deal, what the books are about, and what's happening with an Invincible sequel. More »
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What's next in book publishing, after angels, steampunk, zombies and vampires? Adam Christopher at Escape Pod suggests you should break out your cape: Superhero fiction could be making a big splash in the book world. More »
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Great science fiction and fantasy novels don't just expose us to other worlds and alternate timelines — they expand our minds and give us compass to steer by. Here are our favorite bits of advice and maxims from SF books. More »
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Are you a geek or a nerd? Or neither, thankyouverymuch? Austin Grossman's pondering about whether or not it's time to drop the term "nerd" on Friday prompted much discussion, and not just about Answer 5. More »
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The first teaser trailer for Joss Whedon's Internet musical Dr. Horrible's Singalong Blog has gone online, and it's every bit as fantastic as we'd expected. Neil Patrick Harris does the loser-supervillain thing the way Buffy's nerd trio only wished they could, and the goggles are spot-on perfect. Suddenly I'm wishing that Joss would direct the movie version of Austin Grossman's supervillain comic epic Soon I Will Be Invincible. [Whedonesque, via Underwire] More »
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Austin Grossman is stopping in for the next week or so to be a guest blogger for io9. An accomplished game developer, Austin took a hiatus to pursue his Ph.D. in English at UC Berkeley and last year published a hit novel about neurotic superheroes (and villains) called Soon I Will Be Invincible. I interviewed Austin last year about video game writing and novel writing for Wired. He'll start his guest editing gig by posting his thoughts on the recent Game Developer Conference, and then he's promised to write about a few other geeky topics — including the secret history of early scifi role-playing game Gamma World! More »
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You can't really call yourself an evil genius unless you've got a clever scheme for wrecking our planet once and for all. And no, using nuclear weapons doesn't really count as "clever." Nukes are so 1950. Here's a list of the 10 coolest ways to smash Earth, or at least render it uninhabitable, without splitting any atoms. More »
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