With his first novel, Soon I Will Be Invincible, Austin Grossman brought dark, neurotic humor to the superhero genre. With YOU, a semi-realistic novel about a young videogame designer, he does something more profound. His characters' identities are forged during gameplay, so they can only come to terms with the past…
Dishonored Writer's New Novel Shows a Video Game Generation Being Born
If you’ve ever thought that it’s long past time that someone wrote a novel about people who make video games, then rejoice. YOU—a book of fiction about the how, why and who of video game development by Austin Grossman—comes out today. You can read an excerpt from the book’s first chapter right here.
All the Essential Science Fiction and Fantasy Books That Are Coming in …
This year's science fiction books are going to rock. John Scalzi returns to the Old Man's War universe, there's a brand new Neil Gaiman novel, and Stephen King's long-awaited sequel to The Shining. Plus brand new books from Austin Grossman, Nalo Hopkinson, Christopher Priest, Diana Gabaldon, Robert J. Sawyer, Joe…
How to create your own original superhero from scratch
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.
"Soon I Will Be Invincible" author Austin Grossman tells us about his…
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…
Superhero Fiction: The Next Big Thing?
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.
Words to live by: advice from 34 science fiction/fantasy authors
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.
Nerd Is The Word
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"
The Searing Laugh Of Joss Whedon's Dr. Horrible
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…
Meet Guest Blogger Austin Grossman
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…
