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Apr 2013 · Sold by Little, Brown
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When Russell joins Black Arts games, brainchild of two visionary designers who were once his closest friends, he reunites with an eccentric crew of nerds hacking the frontiers of both technology and entertainment. In part, he's finally given up chasing the conventional path that has always seemed just out of reach. But mostly, he needs to know what happened to Simon, his strangest and most gifted friend, who died under mysterious circumstances soon after Black Arts' breakout hit.
As the company's revolutionary next-gen game is threatened by a software glitch, Russell finds himself in a race to save his job, Black Arts' legacy, and the people he has grown to care about. The deeper Russell digs, the more dangerous the glitch appears -- and soon, Russell comes to realize there's much more is at stake than just one software company's bottom line.
As the company's revolutionary next-gen game is threatened by a software glitch, Russell finds himself in a race to save his job, Black Arts' legacy, and the people he has grown to care about. The deeper Russell digs, the more dangerous the glitch appears -- and soon, Russell comes to realize there's much more is at stake than just one software company's bottom line.
When Russell joins Black Arts games, brainchild of two visionary designers who were once his closest friends, he reunites with an eccentric crew of nerds hacking the frontiers of both technology and entertainment. In part, he's finally given up chasing the conventional path that has always seemed...
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18 reviews
Andrew Miesem
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May 4, 2013
This book was a wonderful journey, but like the video games to which it pays homage, the ending left me feeling a bit flat. However, like those games, it's the journey that matters.
Ecig Rex
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February 20, 2014
Great book. It is always fun to read anything from either of the incredibly talented and intelligent Grossman brothers. I find both of them to be very gifted observers of the human conditions, isolation, frustration difficulties and frailties that the highly intelligent are plagued by. Where Lev Grossman writing is brooding and dark, I find Austin's work to be optimistic and light hearted. Is Lev the Cain to Austin's Abel, I wonder? Regardless, this is a terrific book. Buy it, read it.
Caleb Kelly
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February 2, 2013
so fun to read that I read the book 20 times all ready
About the author
Austin Grossman is a video game design consultant and the author of You and Soon I Will Be Invincible, which was nominated for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. His writing has appeared in Granta, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times. He lives in Berkeley, California.
Austin Grossman is a video game design consultant and the author of You and Soon I Will Be Invincible, which was nominated for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. His writing has appeared in Granta, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times. He lives in Berkeley, California.
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