![]() " Star Wars invented the blockbuster and reinvigorated science fiction," Cline said by phone prior to his appearance at San Diego Comic-Con. ![]() "I loved Star Wars and video games and loved the way the two influenced each other," says the 43-year-old Cline, whose Ohio childhood was spent collecting video games and obsessing about George Lucas' galaxy far, far away. Armada, Cline's much-anticipated sophomore effort, is a high-concept humorous thriller that continues to mine the author's affection for arcade culture and Reagan-era sci-fi franchises, much in the way his first runaway success did. How do you follow up that kind of unexpected success? With alien invaders, video games, and yet more riffs on Eighties pop culture and nerdish trivia. Now Ready Player One is being turned into a big-budget movie. His first novel, Ready Player One, the tale of a treasure hunt in cyberspace, was a come-out-of-nowhere success in 2011, its book and movie rights snapped up to the tune of a half-million dollars each. ![]() ![]() Now he's back to play again, hoping to achieve another Top Score with a tale of alien invasion. Austin-based author Ernest Cline hit the literary jackpot on his first attempt at writing a science fiction novel. ![]()
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