Ernest Cline is a #1 New York Times bestselling novelist, screenwriter, father, and full-time geek. He is the author of the novels Ready Player One and Armada and co-screenwriter of the film adaptation of Ready Player One, directed by Steven Spielberg. His books have been published in over fifty countries and have spent more than 100 weeks on The New York Times bestsellers list. He lives in Austin, Texas, with his family, a time-traveling DeLorean, and a large collection of classic video games.
“Nerd-gasmic . . . another science fiction tale with a Comic-Con's
worth of pop-culture shout-outs.”—Rolling Stone
“An amazing novel [that] proves Cline has the ability to blend
popular culture with exciting stories that appeal to
everyone.”—Associated Press
“A fantastic second novel . . . fans of Ready Player One, it
is time to rejoice.”—HuffPost
“A joyous, rollicking read . . . will garner Cline an even larger
group of fans than the formidable crew he’s already
assembled.”—Boing Boing
“A great romp . . . Cline (ever the fanboy) is both reverent of and
referential to the books and movies and games of his
childhood.”—Mother Jones
“Video games come to life in this witty, extraterrestrial
thriller.”—New York Post
“Built like a summer blockbuster . . . Cline recombines the DNA
of Ender’s Game, Star Wars, The Last Starfighter,
and old-school arcade games like Asteroids into something
that’s both familiar and unpredictable. It’s a mutant homage to
sci-fi tropes past.”—Gawker
“Hugely entertaining…a paean to the videogames of a bygone era, and
like Ready Player One it is a tremendous amount of fun for anyone
who remembers that time and played those games.”—George R.R.
Martin, New York Times bestselling author of Game of Thrones
“A novel so fun, you’ll want to reboot it and read it again . . .
the best novel this gamer geek has read in a long, long time.”—Hugh
Howey, New York Times bestselling author of Wool
“Those conspiracies you imagined when you were fourteen turn out to
be true in this masterful tale of Earth’s desperate struggle
against a powerful alien foe.”—Andy Weir, New York Times
bestselling author of The Martian
“Armada proves Ernie Cline is the modern master of wish fulfillment
literature—and of reminding us to be careful what we wish
for.”—John Scalzi, New York Times bestselling author of Old Man’s
War
“With another winning teen protagonist in Zach, Cline mines the
nostalgia and geek spheres just as successfully as he did in his
acclaimed debut, Ready Player One. The works that obviously
influenced the story line, such as Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game
and the films The Last Starfighter and Star Wars, feel like homages
rather than borrowings- a rap artist sampling the best beats our
there to create an irresistible jam.”—Library Journal (starred
review)
“Cline once again brings crackling humor and fanboy knowledge to a
zesty, crowd-pleasing, countdown-clock, save-the-planet tale
featuring an unlikely hero, adrenaline-pumping action, gawky
romance, and touching family moments. . . . Cline’s sly,
mind-twisting premise and energetically depicted and electrifying
high-tech battles make for smart, frenetic, and satisfying
entertainment.”—Booklist (starred review)
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