3.3
Armada
by Ernest Cline
THE NEW NOVEL FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF READY PLAYER ONE
Zack Lightman has spent his life dreaming. Dreaming that the real world could be a little more like the countless science-fiction books, movies, and videogames heâe(tm)s spent his life consuming. Dreaming that one day, some fantastic, world-altering event will shatter the monotony of his humdrum existence and whisk him off on some grand space-faring adventure.
But hey, thereâe(tm)s nothing wrong with a little escapism, right? After all, Zack tells himself, he knows the difference between fantasy and reality. He knows that here in the real world, aimless teenage gamers with anger issues donâe(tm)t get chosen to save the universe.
And then he sees the flying saucer.
Even stranger, the alien ship heâe(tm)s staring at is straight out of the videogame he plays every night, a hugely popular online flight simulator called Armadaâe"in which gamers just happen to be protecting the earth from alien invaders.
No, Zack hasnâe(tm)t lost his mind. As impossible as it seems, what heâe(tm)s seeing is all too real. And his skillsâe"as well as those of millions of gamers across the worldâe"are going to be needed to save the earth from whatâe(tm)s about to befall it.
Itâe(tm)s Zackâe(tm)s chance, at last, to play the hero. But even through the terror and exhilaration, he canâe(tm)t help thinking back to all those science-fiction stories he grew up with, and wondering: Doesnâe(tm)t something about this scenario seem a littleâe¦familiar?
At once gleefully embracing and brilliantly subverting science-fiction conventions as only Ernest Cline could, Armada is a rollicking, surprising thriller, a classic coming of age adventure, and an alien invasion tale like nothing youâe(tm)ve ever read beforeâe"one whose every page is infused with the pop-culture savvy that has helped make Ready Player One a phenomenon.
FictionScience FictionAction & Adventure
RELEASED2015
PUBLISHERPenguin Random House
LENGTH384
LANGUAGEEN
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.
3.3
Armada
by Ernest Cline
THE NEW NOVEL FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF READY PLAYER ONE
Zack Lightman has spent his life dreaming. Dreaming that the real world could be a little more like the countless science-fiction books, movies, and videogames heâe(tm)s spent his life consuming. Dreaming that one day, some fantastic, world-altering event will shatter the monotony of his humdrum existence and whisk him off on some grand space-faring adventure.
But hey, thereâe(tm)s nothing wrong with a little escapism, right? After all, Zack tells himself, he knows the difference between fantasy and reality. He knows that here in the real world, aimless teenage gamers with anger issues donâe(tm)t get chosen to save the universe.
And then he sees the flying saucer.
Even stranger, the alien ship heâe(tm)s staring at is straight out of the videogame he plays every night, a hugely popular online flight simulator called Armadaâe"in which gamers just happen to be protecting the earth from alien invaders.
No, Zack hasnâe(tm)t lost his mind. As impossible as it seems, what heâe(tm)s seeing is all too real. And his skillsâe"as well as those of millions of gamers across the worldâe"are going to be needed to save the earth from whatâe(tm)s about to befall it.
Itâe(tm)s Zackâe(tm)s chance, at last, to play the hero. But even through the terror and exhilaration, he canâe(tm)t help thinking back to all those science-fiction stories he grew up with, and wondering: Doesnâe(tm)t something about this scenario seem a littleâe¦familiar?
At once gleefully embracing and brilliantly subverting science-fiction conventions as only Ernest Cline could, Armada is a rollicking, surprising thriller, a classic coming of age adventure, and an alien invasion tale like nothing youâe(tm)ve ever read beforeâe"one whose every page is infused with the pop-culture savvy that has helped make Ready Player One a phenomenon.
FictionScience FictionAction & Adventure
RELEASED2015
PUBLISHERPenguin Random House
LENGTH384
LANGUAGEEN
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.
