Ernest Cline
Auteur van Ready Player One
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Ernest Cline is an American screenwriter and novelist. He was born in 1972 and grew up in rural Ohio. In 1998, Cline wrote a screenplay entitled, Fanboys, about the craze surrounding the prequels to the Star Wars movies. Over a decade later, the movie was finally released in 2009. However, creative toon meer differences and his dissatisfaction with the final edit, led Cline to quit screenwriting and write a novel. That novel, based on an idea he had been considering for years, became the New York Times Bestseller, Ready Player One. His second novel, Armada released in 2015 also became a New York Times Bestseller. He made the Hollywood Reporter's 'Most Powerful Authors' 2016 list, entering at number 12. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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- ERNEST CLINE is an internationally best-selling 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 Best Sellers list. He lives in Austin, Texas, with his family, a time-traveling DeLorean, and a large collection of classic video games.
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Ready Player Two
Author: Ernest Cline
Genre: Dystopian Science Fiction
I've been ready for Ready Player Two ever since I completed the first book. After a long wait, the day has finally arrived!
Wade Watts, the winner of the Three Keys challenge, has been the top honcho of OASIS for three years now, along with the rest of his 'High Five' teammates. Things are not quite the same among them, but all it takes is the rise of a new, omnipotent, omniscient enemy to bring them all back together into 'gunter' mode yet again. The story is mostly grim and bleak as Cline seeks to warn against the dangers of AI.
Ready Player One had already impressed me with Ernest Cline's creativity and knowledge and this book further seals the deal. Gosh! He is a geek to the core! And I mean that as a huge compliment. What a unique way of incorporating pop culture into books! It's like a nerd-fest all through.
Just as in the first book, there is a quest in this edition, and a seven level one at that! Each quest is unique and written in a way that all the key players get to show off their strengths. So you get to see all old favourites such as Art3mis, Aech, Shoto, Og as well a few new, really interesting characters. I also loved seeing more of Kira in this book; she was one enticing character whom Ready Player One didn't explore to the hilt. At the same time, one beloved character from the first book goes rogue in this one. Boy, that was a disappointment!… (meer)
Ready Player Two
Author: Ernest Cline
Genre: Dystopian Science Fiction
I've been ready for Ready Player Two ever since I completed the first book. After a long wait, the day has finally arrived!
Wade Watts, the winner of the Three Keys challenge, has been the top honcho of OASIS for three years now, along with the rest of his 'High Five' teammates. Things are not quite the same among them, but all it takes is the rise of a new, omnipotent, omniscient enemy to bring them all back together into 'gunter' mode yet again. The story is mostly grim and bleak as Cline seeks to warn against the dangers of AI.
Ready Player One had already impressed me with Ernest Cline's creativity and knowledge and this book further seals the deal. Gosh! He is a geek to the core! And I mean that as a huge compliment. What a unique way of incorporating pop culture into books! It's like a nerd-fest all through.
Just as in the first book, there is a quest in this edition, and a seven level one at that! Each quest is unique and written in a way that all the key players get to show off their strengths. So you get to see all old favourites such as Art3mis, Aech, Shoto, Og as well a few new, really interesting characters. I also loved seeing more of Kira in this book; she was one enticing character whom Ready Player One didn't explore to the hilt. At the same time, one beloved character from the first book goes rogue in this one. Boy, that was a disappointment!… (meer)
halliday must be a tad self centered. i mean the whole hunt is literally just jeopardy on his life. given he is an important figure in their world but still. zam and oof!
The best part of this book was the characters. The plot was a little shaky and definitely derivative, but the pacing was good. It was Clines characters that really made the book. They were believable and it made you care about them.
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Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
It's a rare occurrence in my life when I end up watching the movie without realising that it is a book adaptation. Now that I've read 'Ready Player One', I sure am glad that I watched the movie first! (Be forewarned; the movie story is very different from that of the book.)
Imagine reading a book on baseball and you happen to be interested in sports but aren't an expert in baseball. You'll enjoy the book, no doubt. But there will be many terms that you can't understand and at the end, there will be a slight regret in your heart. You will start pondering, "if only I had some interest in baseball, I'd have enjoyed this book even more." That's me with 'Ready Player One'.
'Ready Player One' is a full paisa-vasool entertainer. The story is set in a dystopian 2045, where the world is in tumult after the energy crisis and countless wars. The only escape people have is to log into a huge virtual reality world called OASIS that is a combination of video games plus real life skill enhancing options such as schools. The owner of OASIS passes away without an heir and declares in his final will that whoever can solve a three-level challenge can inherit the company and all his wealth. You can guess the rest. Every OASIS player wants to win this challenge. There are some baddies too who want to win the challenge for their own profit. (I am slightly reminded of the movie 'Avataar' while writing this, but the similarity is only limited to the extent that there is a virtual world and there are heinous corporations involved.)
The key OASIS players in the challenge are all interesting characters and each of them displays a range of human strengths and weaknesses. Ernest Cline keeps the momentum of the book steadily going with his tricky unveiling of the challenges, his mastery over the pop-culture content and his vivid imagination. Boy, does the man know his video games or what!… (meer)