Soon I Will Be Invincible: A Novel
 

Soon I Will Be Invincible: A Novel

by Austin Grossman

Doctor Impossible—evil genius, diabolical scientist, wannabe world dominator—languishes in a federal detention facility. He's lost his freedom, his girlfriend, and his hidden island fortress.

Over the years he's tried to take over the world in every way imaginable: doomsday devices of all varieties (nuclear, thermonuclear, nanotechnological) and mass mind control. He's... (read more)

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jmadigan
  • Rated 4 stars

I have to admit, I enjoyed this book by Austin Grossman. Yes, it's about superheroes, mostly about two of them in particular (one of whom is actually a supervillain) who take turns narrating intertwining stories. One is the self-proclaimed Dr. Impossible, who is your basic super magalomaniacal genius bent on world domination. The second is Fatale, a cyborg who's a rookie at the whole superhero business. The book basically follows the stories of these two characters, which run parallel to each...

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  • Rated 3.75 stars
 

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  • Truncated

    truncated said:

    I also enjoyed the dual points of view. I'm not much of a superhero reader, but this one was interesting and entertaining.

    posted Monday, June 18 2007
  • rosered

    rosered said:

    I really enjoyed this book. I especially liked the 2 alternating viewpoints between the supervillain and the superhero. Nice counterbalance. My favorite character was Lily. All girls want to be bad once in awhile.
    Who else has read this? And what did you think of it?

    posted Monday, June 11 2007
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