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You By Austin Grossman

You by Austin Grossman


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Summary

A high stakes, hi-tech Silicon Valley thriller from the author of SOON I WILL BE INVINCIBLE.

You Summary

You by Austin Grossman

Russell, Lisa, Darren and Simon created the Realms as teenagers in the eighties - hacking together a video game at a time when no one really knew what that meant.

Years later, Lisa and Darren still work at Black Arts, where the original game has expanded into a dozen spin-off hits. Russell attempted a more conventional career path. And Simon is dead.

When Russell gives up his 'real life' and returns to the company, he soon finds himself in a race to save his job, Black Arts' legacy, and the people he's grown to care about. There's a weird glitch in the software: a bug that holds answers to an old mystery, a secret that could change Russell's past - and ruin everyone's future.

You is a story of facing dangers, realising that the most obvious path isn't always the best one to follow, and learning that playing a game can sometimes save your life.

You Reviews

A brilliant, incisive, and very funny journey through the adolescence of the computer game industry, delving with wit and charm into the fascinating question of exactly whose story is being told. -- Max Barry, author of Jennifer Government
The idea of what drives people to make games - other than the fact that it seems like a fun thing to do - remains one that continues to feel frustratingly out of reach...Austin Grossman's new novel might be the most illuminating effort at answering that question yet. * Kotaku *
YOU confirms Grossman's status as a major talent. Grossman isn't just chronicling the rise and fall of a company, or of a character, or even an industry. Rather, he uses YOU as a tool to prise open the mystical center of what art is, what games are, what fun is, and how they all mix together. A novel that both uplifts and entertains, and reframes the world we live in and the things we do in it. Easily one of the best books I've read this year. -- Cory Doctorow * BoingBoing *
A razor-sharp comedy ... a smart meditation on the nature of gaming. Grossman, who has designed video games, brings experience but more importantly abundant affection to describing this world * Boston Globe *
Some of the most startling, acute writing on video games yet essayed * Harper's *
Every bit as fun as you hope it's going to be, and also much more...Full of wit, ingenuity, and nostalgia - a meditation on what it means to be the hero of the game. -- Charles Yu, author of How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
Combines videogames, advanced technology, and suspense into one crazy pageturner. * Kansas City Star *

About Austin Grossman

Austin Grossman is a video game design consultant and the author of SOON I WILL BE INVINCIBLE. He lives in Berkeley.

You can visit his website at austingrossman.com or follow him on Twitter @Austin_Grossman.

Additional information

GOR005751504
9781444729948
1444729942
You by Austin Grossman
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Hodder & Stoughton
20130425
400
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Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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