Ernest Cline wrote some books about him being a cool nerd. His second novel Armada, which is published in 2015, also has been an option for a film. He's of the generation that was like a kid when VHS has happened. And then he's kind of seen the arc of modern technology from its inception.
Put another quarter in the coin slot folks, because it's time to talk about Ernest Cline's Ready Player One. Topics include bad fan culture, the narrowness of the characters' "exhaustive" knowledge of 80s popular culture, and why the critical response to this book has shifted so much in just a few short years.
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