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Zack Lightman has spent his life dreaming Dreaming that the real world could be a little like the countless science fiction books, movies, and videogames he 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, there 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 don t get chosen to save the universe.And then he sees the flying saucer.Even stranger, the alien ship he s staring at is straight out of the videogame he plays every night, a hugely popular online flight simulator called Armada in which gamers just happen to be protecting the earth from alien invaders No, Zack hasn t lost his mind As impossible as it seems, what he s seeing is all too real And his skills as well as those of millions of gamers across the world are going to be needed to save the earth from what s about to befall it.It s Zack s chance, at last, to play the hero But even through the terror and exhilaration, he can t help thinking back to all those science fiction stories he grew up with, and wondering Doesn t something about this scenario seem a little 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 you ve ever read before one whose every page is infused with the pop culture savvy that has helped make Ready Player One a phenomenon. Best Read eBook Armada Author Ernest Cline – kino-fada.fr NOPE.Believe me when I say I was ready to love this book Ready Player One was so great And this was about video games and alien invasions I jumped in to Armada ready to be caught by an awesome net and instead fell flat on my face On concrete And then a piano fell on me.The equation as it stands Boring characters I didn t care about anyone I didn t feel we spent enough time with a single character for me to ... The Last Starfighter Ender s Game Fleeing from the Cylon tyranny, the last Battlestar, Galactica, leads a ragtag, fugitive fleet on a lonely quest for a shining planet known as Earth Proton packs Twiki from Buck Rogers I d buy that for a dollar Ms Pac Man Mix tapes Help me, Obi Wan Kenobi You re my only hope Pitfall Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished Tron Where we re goi The Last Starfighte...I d say I m pretty nerdy.I guess there s no set definition, but I do have a comic book collection that takes up its own closet I have played WoW obsessively in the past and I enjoy going to sci fi conventions view spoiler and meeting people like Tyrion Lannister hide spoiler I was a Pokemon master for the first five generations and only haven t played the sixth because I keep scolding myself with you re too old every time I see it in the stores This is my favourite t shirt This is my f I d say I m pretty nerdy.I guess there s no set definition, but I do have a comic book collection that takes up its own closet I have played WoW obsessively in the past and I enjoy going to sci fi conventions view spoiler and meeting people like Tyrion Lannister hide spoiler I was a Pokemon master for the first five generations and only haven t played the sixth because I keep scolding myself with you re too old every time I see it in the stores This is my favourite t shirt This is my favourite cup And, well, I ve heard that Cline basically writes novels aimed straight at the heart of us nerds But for some reason Armada didn t work for me Perhaps I am not really as much of a nerd as I think I am, or perhaps there is a specific breed of nerd that will enjoy Cline s books Maybe the kind who plays a lot of alien video games and arcade games, which is basically what this book is about.It is quite funny in the beg...Teenager Zack Lightman is the 6th best Armada player in the world, a sci fi shoot em up where you pilot a ship blasting away alien invaders And then he discovers the game was really designed to find the best pilots in the world and he s been drafted in a real life war against aliens Computer games used to find skilled players kids, usually to fight aliens in an intergalactic war Yeah, it s been done ...I like to think I m sorta with it as an adult I read books that my teenagers like I run from adult responsibilities I love some pop culture stuff I make fart jokes with my tweenish age son.I m totally on board with the cool stuff Until I met this book.I absolutely and totally hate it I know I should make myself finish it since I received a copy as an arc I m not doing it You can t make me I loved Ready Player One so much that it is one of my favorites that I ve read this year This suc I like to think I m sorta with it as an adult I read book...8 02 15 Okay, let s get this out of the way If you re looking to recreate the singular reading experience you had with Ready Player One, to recapture that same magical feeling of wonder and awesomeness, you re going to be disappointed with this book Just, straight up Armada is not RPO They have similarities, but there also a lot of differences, and those differences are going to cause a lot of people not to like this one very much Them s just the facts RPO, as far as I m concerned, is one 8 02 15 Okay, let s get this out of the way If you re looking to recreate the singular reading experience you had with Ready Player One, to recapture that same magical feeling of wonder and awesomeness, you re going to be disappointed with this book Just, straight up Armada is not RPO They have similarities, but there also a lot of differences, and those differences are going to cause a lot of people not to like this one very much Them s just the facts RPO, as far as I m concerned, is one of those once in a lifetime reading experiences that even its author will have trouble topping It s this magical hybrid of wonder and pessimism, ...I expected somethingoriginal ZACK S GAME I was really excited to read Armada since I read some months ago Ready Player One and I enjoyed A LOT that other book So, reading the next novel by Ernest Cline was a obvious decision.I was aware of the basic premise, and I really hoped to read something fresh and original with the same sense of witty and humor found on Ready Player One, but while I can t deny that Armada contains witty and humor, I didn t find it fresh or original.Any big rea I expected somethingoriginal ZACK S GAME I was really excited to read Armada since I read some months ago Ready Player One and I enjoyed A LOT that other book So, reading the next novel by Ernest Cline was a obvious decision.I was aware of the basic premise, and I really hoped to read something fresh and original with the same sense of witty and humor found on Ready Player One, but while I can t deny that Armada contains witty and humor, I didn t find it fresh or original.Any big reason some book that you may heard about not matter if you have read it or not Ender s Game.Cline didn t do any attempt that it could be pointless and illogical to hide the connection to the mentioned novel, in fact in the reality of the book, Ender s Game exists as the same known sci fi novel than in our reality But, one thing is akn...WINNER WORST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2015 Could we have a moment of silence for my love of pop culture references Thank you.E s Love of Pop Culture References 1986 2015 R.I.P I was born in 1980, but I didn t truly flip my shit over something until the Howard the Duck movie came out in 86 I m sure there will be several uber nerds who will claim that that s why I didn t get this novel, because I wasn t born wearing a Star Trek uniform Ernest Cline is, quite simply, the Stephenie Meyers of WINNER WORST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2015 Could we have a moment of silence for my love of pop culture references Thank you.E s Love of Pop Culture References 1986 2015 R.I.P I was born in 1980, but I didn t truly flip my shit over something until the Howard the Duck movie cam...This was disappointing, especially compared to Ready Player One I m definitely not the target audience for this, butstill It s kinda fun, but also utterly predictable Also, to all the people that have commented on this review and acted annoyed at me that it sThe Last Starfighter than Ender s Game Haven t seen The Last Starfighter Don t care to No need to ge...So, July, 14 2015 couldn t be anyaccurate release date for ARMADA I mean,March, 24 2015The X Files Worldwide Popular 90s TV Series Started 1993 returns in new 6 episodes next year, after 13 years since it ended.April, 20 2015Independence Day Resurgence, sequel to major 1996 international blockbuster, began filming 20 years since the first oneto Sci Facts..July, 14 2015Pluto, the planet..finally got close up images detailed observations of it and its moons July, 23 2015Ea So, July, 14 2015 couldn t be anyaccurate release date for ARMADA I mean,March, 24 2015The X Files Worldwide Popular 90s TV Series Started 1993 returns in new 6 episodes next year, after 13 years since it ended.April, 20 2015Independence Day Resurgence, sequel to major 1996 international blockbuster, began filming 20 years since the first oneto Sci Facts..July, 14 2015Pluto, the planet..finally got close up images detailed observations of it and its moons July, 23 2015Earth 2.0 announced by NASA Kepler 452b, A planet discovered very similar to Earth and potentially habitable.And with a very clever plot, with decent and some mind blowing twists, here comes Armada. Mixing other Sci Fiction Novels, Movies and Video Games and their releasing dates with Sci Facts and a HUGE conspiracy theory..First I have t...

Armada
  • English
  • 22 August 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 355 pages
  • 0804137250
  • Ernest Cline
  • Armada