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Ernest Cline

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ERNEST CLINE has worked as a short-order cook, fish gutter, plasma donor, elitist video store clerk, and tech support drone. His primary occupation, however, has always been geeking out, and he eventually threw aside those other promising career paths to express his love of pop culture fulltime as a spoken word artist and screenwriter. His 2009 film Fanboys, much to his surprise, became a cult phenomenon. These days Ernie lives in Austin, Texas with his wife, their daughter, and a large collection of classic video games. READY PLAYER ONE is his first novel.

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Banzai!

I got to realize a lifelong geek dream this past weekend. Peter Weller came to Austin on Saturday to present a double-feature of Star Trek:In To Darkness and Robocop. Both movies are fantastic, and Dr. Weller (he has a PhD!) is fantastic in them. But my favorite performance of his will always be that of Dr. Buckaroo Banzai in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension. I’m one...

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Average rating: 4.28 · 60,370 ratings · 11,968 reviews · 3 distinct works · Similar authors

	Ready Player One 4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 60,041 ratings — published 2011 — 40 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Importance of Being Ernest 4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 326 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Armada 3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Ernest Cline wrote a new blog post Banzai! I got to realize a lifelong geek dream this past weekend. Peter Weller came to Austin on Saturday to present a double-feature of Star Trek:In To Da... Read more of this blog post »
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Ernest Cline rated a book 5 of 5 stars The Wise Man's Fear (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #2) by Patrick Rothfuss (Goodreads Author)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Ernest Cline rated a book 5 of 5 stars Voice of the Undead (Alex Van Helsing #2) by Jason Henderson (Goodreads Author) read in August, 2011	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Full Disclosure: The author of this novel, Jason Henderson, is an old friend of mine, and I’m a longtime fan of his work. But rest assured, if this book sucked, I would still have to be honest and tell you. Luckily, this book totally kicks ass. No sm...more
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Ernest Cline rated a book 5 of 5 stars Memories of the Future - Volume 1 by Wil Wheaton (Goodreads Author)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Ernest Cline rated a book 5 of 5 stars Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson (Goodreads Author)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Ernest Cline rated a book 5 of 5 stars Zombie Spaceship Wasteland: A Book by Patton Oswalt by Patton Oswalt	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Ernest Cline rated a book 5 of 5 stars Nerd Do Well by Simon Pegg	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Quotes by Ernest Cline

“People who live in glass houses should shut the fuck up.”
― Ernest Cline, Ready Player One

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“You'd be amazed how much research you can get done when you have no life whatsoever.”
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“Going outside is highly overrated.”
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What book recommended by King would you like to read in October?

Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury

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11 votes, 11.6%

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The Woman in Black by Susan Hill

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A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving

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Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

3 votes, 3.2%

The Cellar by Richard Laymon

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2 votes, 2.1%

The Other by Thomas Tryon

1 vote, 1.1%

Shattered by Dean Koontz

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Savage by Richard Laymon

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Heartsick by Chelsea Cain

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Strange Wine by Harlan Ellison

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Quotes Ernest Likes

“All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they had really happened and after you are finished reading one you will feel that all that happened to you and afterwards it all belongs to you: the good and the bad, the ecstasy, the remorse and sorrow, the people and the places and how the weather was. If you can get so that you can give that to people, then you are a writer.”
― Ernest Hemingway

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