false 645180 11 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 traveled backwards in time to change history, forward in time to escape it. He's commanded robot armies, insect armies, and dinosaur armies. Fungus army. Army of fish. Of rodents. Alien invasions. All failures. But not this time. This time it's going to be different... Fatale is a rookie superhero on her first day with the Champions, the world's most famous superteam. She's a patchwork woman of skin and chrome, a gleaming technological marvel built to be the next generation of warfare. Filling the void left by a slain former member, we watch as Fatale joins a team struggling with a damaged past, having to come together in the face of unthinkable evil. <i>Soon I Will Be Invincible</i> is a thrilling first novel; a fantastical adventure that gives new meaning to the notions of power, glory, responsibility, and (of course) good and evil. 955983 5 6 2007 Soon I Will Be Invincible total:1990|5:329|4:857|3:595|2:170|1:39| 1990 7237 2923 617 2 15 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jan 21 11:06:52 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 21 11:09:48 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 13 false false Thu Aug 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 04 16:27:17 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 07 20:56:35 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 5 false false Sun Jul 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 14 17:25:03 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 28 17:23:06 -0700 2008 idea of it. It's just the novel itself I've got a problem with.

When I first saw this on the shelf, my mind raced frantical...more...]]> 4 5 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 22 13:15:59 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 22 13:22:48 -0700 2007
"This morning on planet Earth, there are 1,686 enhanced, gifted, or otherwise superpowered persons. 678 use their powers to fight crime, while 441 use their powers to commit them. 44 a...more...]]> 5 6 false false Tue Feb 12 19:06:10 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 13 12:25:15 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 2 false true Wed Mar 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 17:25:24 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 11 20:55:18 -0700 2009
Perhaps the problem lies in reading this just after seeing the Watchmen movie. While I rather heretically think the plot for Watchmen...more...]]> 1 3 false false Wed Apr 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 02 10:46:33 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 04 11:45:08 -0700 2008 Mark Twain, called Austin Grossman's Literary Offenses.

This book is that bad. Really.

It's so bad, I wonder what's wrong with someone that they could actually like this book. I know, that's a really mean thing to say, but...more...]]> 3 2 false false Wed Jul 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 20 05:18:48 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 04 21:42:12 -0700 2008 2 1 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 13:52:19 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 22:53:24 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Nov 17 08:24:43 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 17 09:24:50 -0800 2008 It has the following great quote on superherodom:

"Your powers are what you always have with you. It’s one piece of knowledge we all share here. No matter how many dossiers the government keeps on you, n...more...]]> 4 2 false false Wed Aug 27 09:37:18 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 20 11:53:11 -0700 2008
Anyhoo, mix a bit of Hancock...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Jan 19 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Aug 01 11:37:59 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 01 11:38:24 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon Jul 20 07:28:19 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 26 16:01:49 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 20 07:28:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 01 11:02:49 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 01 11:12:56 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 21 10:01:45 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 23 06:16:06 -0700 2007
A superhero novel that switches narrative viewpoints b/w supervillain and new superhero. It is more melancholy and internal than comic/action-packed, though all those asp...more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 17 10:09:26 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 17 10:09:38 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Sep 18 06:21:10 -0700 2007 Sun Mar 09 20:25:51 -0700 2008 Good points: I loved how the DC Universe archetypes were turned sideways. Namely Batman, Superman and Lex Luthor. I loved the thorough walk-through of how genius can become a sort of insanity, and gave me a better appreciation of the original crazy-scientist Lex Luthor. (I've preferred the Machiavel...more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Sep 06 07:18:27 -0700 2007 Mon Nov 26 05:31:33 -0800 2007
So, such a...more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 30 13:49:31 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 13 19:04:41 -0700 2007
I adored this novel - devouring most ...more...]]> 2 1 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 25 12:21:11 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 01 15:49:10 -0700 2007 more...]]>