Bridge to Bat City

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Busch, Anita (August 10, 2015). " 'Ready Player One' Author Ernest Cline Seals Monster Deal For Next Book; All Eyes On Film Rights" . Retrieved September 9, 2017. Cline, Ernest (2013). The Importance of Being Ernest. Austin: Write Bloody. p.Introduction. ISBN 9781938912306 . Retrieved February 7, 2023. From 2003 to 2013 Cline was married to author Susan Somers-Willett, with whom he has one daughter. [18] [19] Ernest Christy Cline (born March 29, 1972) is an American science fiction novelist, slam poet, and screenwriter. He wrote the novels Ready Player One, Armada, and Ready Player Two and co-wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation of Ready Player One, directed by Steven Spielberg.

In the meantime, he busied himself as a star of Austin's slam poetry scene, collecting some of his verses into a chapbook, The Importance of Being Ernest, in 2001, However, it was his debut novel Ready Player One that made him a household name, and it was adapted by Steven Spielberg in 2018. Cline followed up his debut novel with 2015's Armada, and a sequel, Ready Player Two, released in 2020. Both Armada and Ready Player Two have been optioned for film adaptations ( in Armada's case, three years before it was even published). As the story began, I was surprised by many of the events that took place immediately following the events of the previous book, those taking place three years later, and how the gap was bridged. As more information about the O.N.I. was released however, I found myself beyond enthralled by the concepts explored and began debating the philosophy and ethics of such a device with my friends. Not since the game SOMA, had I been so absorbed by ideas that so profoundly questioned the subjectivity of defining "humanity", "reality", "pain", and evolution. Without delving too deep and spoiling those who, despite this review, elect to experience Ready Player Two for themselves, I had never been so engaged and excited about concepts regarding the future of technology, humanity, and where the lines would inevitably become blurred between the two. For eight chapters, I grew more and more in love with this novel. Then the "antagonist(s)" were introduced. After having listened to nearly 400 audiobooks, this is the first time I have felt it so necessary as to write a review. Hidden within Halliday’s vaults, waiting for his heir to find it, lies a technological advancement that will once again change the world and make the OASIS a thousand times more wondrous - and addictive - than even Wade dreamed possible.Inspiration for the novel stemmed from Cline’s longtime residency in Austin, TX, which is home to the world’s largest urban bat colony. Every evening, hundreds gather near the Ann W.Richards Congress Avenue Bridge to watch as 1.5M+ bats come streaming out from under it. The book appears to mark something of a departure for Cline from the work in the sci-fi realm for which he’s best known. The book will follow Opal B. Flats, a 13-year-old girl who moves to her uncle’s farm after the death of her mother and befriends a group of music-loving bats. When the bats’ home is threatened by a mining company with designs on the farm, Opal and the bats flee to Austin, Texas—a city known for its obsession with the flying mammals. John R. Alden. "Ernest Cline's smart 'Ready Player One' makes cybernerds fun", Cleveland Plain Dealer, August 22, 2011. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers will publish Cline’s Bridge to Bat City, the author’s first book in four years.

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