Ready Player One is about a boy living in a grim near future who regularly escapes to a virtual-reality utopia. I recommend this novel to everyone.Įrnest Cline, who wrote the cult film Fanboys, recently published his debut novel. Armada is a science fiction novel by Ernest Cline, published on Jby Crown Publishing Group (a division of Penguin Random House). He discovers that he has the chance to live his life over again. In 1986 (seven years before the release of the film Groundhog Day), Grimwood published this riveting novel about a man who dies of a heart attack and then wakes up in his college dorm room 25 years earlier. His first novel, Ready Player One, was a New York Times and USA Today bestseller, appeared. And in the process, he invents a new religion with its own unique lexicon. Ernest Cline is a novelist, screenwriter, father, and full-time geek. Vonnegut somehow manages to tell a dark, compelling tale about the end of the world that is also filled with humorous and astute observations on the human condition. Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline: 9781524761349 : Books 1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The thrilling sequel to the beloved worldwide bestseller Ready Player One, the near-future adventure that inspired. And the central character is a computer hacker/master swordsman named Hiro Protagonist.Ĭat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut (Dell, $15). A large portion of the rapid-fire story takes place in the Metaverse, a perfectly realized virtual world that Stephenson crafted with a programmer's eye for detail. One of the greatest science-fiction novels ever written. Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (Spectra, $15). I also have a weak spot for stories about wealthy eccentrics who hold outrageous contests, and this is one of the best.
I've always adored Dahl's books, especially the ones with humble, downtrodden child protagonists who get lifted out of their terrible circumstances and carried away on a fantastic adventure. “Armada” is a story about high school student Zack Lightman, who is chosen to help save the Earth from an alien invasion because he is one of the best video game players in the world.Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl (Puffin, $7). Stories about technology and the future just seem to spark my interest - far more than writing about zombies or vampires or faeries. I’m a child of “Star Wars” and a lifelong fan of authors like Robert Heinlein.
Science fiction has always been one of my favorite genres in both literature and film. Why did you choose the science fiction genre for these novels?
It’s also a culture marked by tolerance and acceptance of others, and that’s something I feel very lucky to be a part of.
Who, Harry Potter - and are unabashedly, unapologetically enthusiastic about it in their lives. I’m not sure that I - or anyone else - can explain “geek culture.” In my mind, I think of geek culture more as a “Culture of Enthusiasm.” Geeks are people who love some facet of pop culture very dearly - “Star Wars,” Dr.
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