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Austin Grossman

Austin Grossman

Austin Grossman is a writer and game designer who has contributed to the "New York Times" and a number of important video games.

He is the author of the novel "Soon I Will Be Invincible" (Pantheon, 2007). The novel is a homage to comic books, featuring a mad genius supervillain, Doctor Impossible, who suffers from "Malign Hypercognition Disorder" ("evil genius" syndrome). Impossible battles a team of superheroes, including an ultra-strong and self-conscious cyborg called Fatale. Instead of focusing on just action, Grossman also looks at the awkward loneliness suffered by heroes and villains who don't fit into human society -- and whose super-powered bodies are often their greatest sources of suffering.

Grossman started his career in the game industry replying to a classified ad in the "The Boston Globe" in May 1992 that led him to Looking Glass Studios. Since then, Grossman has worked with the following companies: Dreamworks Interactive, Ion Storm of Austin, Crystal Dynamics, including work on the "" game.

Grossman attended Harvard University and is currently a graduate student in English literature at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the twin brother of writer Lev Grossman and brother of sculptor Bathsheba Grossman, and the son of the poet Allen Grossman and the novelist Judith Grossman.

Works

Books

* "Soon I Will Be Invincible"

Games

* ""
* ""
* "Clive Barker's Undying"
* "Deus Ex"
* "Battle Realms"
* ""
* ""
* "Flight Unlimited"

* "System Shock"
* ""

External links

* [http://www.wired.com/culture/art/news/2007/06/austin_grossman Profile of Austin Grossman from Wired.com]
* [http://www.sooniwillbeinvincible.com/ "Soon I Will Be Invincible" Official Website]
* [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20D14F934550C748DDDAA0894DF404482 "Star Spangled Schlemiel,"] "New York Times" editorial on death of Captain America
* [http://www.loonygames.com/content/1.8/guest/ 1998 Editorial on Interactivity and Content]


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