Книга: Ernest Cline «Armada»
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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 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... Издательство: "Crown Publishers" (2016) Формат: 84x108/32, 368 стр.
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Ernest Cline
Ernest Cline (born in 1972 in
poken word
From 1997-2001, Cline performed his original work at the As of 2008, Cline has published a book of poetry, "The Importance of Being Ernest" and released a CD of spoken word, "The Geek Wants Out", both through The Wordsmith Press. [http://thewordsmithpress.com/content/products.php?poetid=44 The Wordsmith Press website: Ernest Cline page] ] creenwriting In 1996, Cline wrote a sequel ("Buckaroo Banzai Against the World Crime League" [http://www.figmentfly.com/bb/sequel3.html Buckaroo Banzai website: FAQ page] ] ) to In 1998, Cline's screenplay, " Also in the summer of 2008, Farrah Films announced that they would producing Cline's screenplay, "Thundercade". [http://kotaku.com/377745/fanboys-writer-sells-thundercade Kotaku website: "Fanboys" Writer Sells "Thundercade"] ] "Thundercade" follows the story of a video game junkie in his mid-30's who learns that a young gamer has beaten a record he set when he was a teenager, who then travels with his friends to the world's largest gaming championship, Thundercade, to restore his former glory. References External links * [http://www.ernestcline.com/ Official Website] Источник: Ernest Cline
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