He participated in a Reddit AMA on July 14th, 2015 via the subreddit /r/books.He is the author of the novels Ready Player One and Armada and co-screenwriter of the film. Of all the characters in Ready Player One, he identifies most with Wade Watts and James Halliday. Ernest Cline is a 1 New York Times bestselling novelist, screenwriter, father, and full-time geek.When asked who would star in the Ready Player One film adaptation, as his “dream cast,” he would actually prefer a cast of unknown actors - with the exception of Wil Wheaton (who is his own character in the book).They inspired him to write Ready Player One and another book, Armada. Cline's favorite video games are Black Tiger and Battlezone.He bought an refurbished a De'Lorian from the set of the Back To The Future films and owns a large collection of classic videogames. Ernest Cline lives in Austin, Texas with his family. It is currently still an ongoing project. He was also co-screenwriter of the film adaptation of his book Ready Player One, which was directed by Steven Spielberg.,and sold the film rights of his other books to universal in 2012. starts out like a simple bit of fun and winds up feeling like a rich and plausible picture of future friendships in a world not too distant from our own.Ernest Cline (born March 29, 1972) is the author of Ready Player One and the second upcoming books of the series. Zak Penn(screenplay by) Ernest Cline(screenplay by) (based on the novel by) All cast & crew Production, box office &. Ready Player One expertly mines a copious vein of 1980s pop culture, catapulting the reader on a light-speed adventure in an advanced but backward-looking.

Cline is that rare writer who can translate his own dorky enthusiasms into prose that’s both hilarious and compassionate.” -NPR Cline stuffs his novel with a cornucopia of pop culture, as if to wink to the reader.” - Boston Globe part intergalactic scavenger hunt, part romance, and all heart.” -CNN NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Entertainment Weekly The race is on-and the only way to survive is to win. Suddenly he’s beset by rivals who’ll kill to take this prize. Whoever is first to solve them will inherit his vast fortune-and control of the OASIS itself. When the eccentric creator of the OASIS dies, he leaves behind a series of fiendish puzzles, based on his obsession with the pop culture of decades past.

The only time Wade Watts really feels alive is when he’s jacked into the OASIS, a vast virtual world where most of humanity spends their days. Ready Player One is a fantastical trip into our collective gamer-geek future, all wrapped up in a nostalgic homage to Atari-style video games and 1980s pop. In the year 2045, reality is an ugly place.

“As one adventure leads expertly to the next, time simply evaporates.”- Entertainment WeeklyĪ world at stake.

Willy Wonka meets The Matrix.”- USA Today Now a major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg.

Ready player one by ernest cline