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[KodaRuss]

I really liked RPO but this book was awful. Maybe they will make a better movie or something but I don't think I have read a worse book in a long time. If I read the term "outmanned and outgunned" one more time I am going to scream.

Refrences were terrible this go around.

Best part about the book is the cover art.

 

[Alucrid]

is it a worthwhile endeavor to read ready player one to confirm my bias about how bad it is?

 

[Freeza Under The Shower]

http://deadline.com/2015/08/ready-player-one-ernest-cline-author-next-book-film-rights-1201496871/

wait, what the hell does 'mid seven figures' mean? Does it mean 'about half of a mille' or does it mean seven figures plus''?

Because the first one is nothing to be jealous off with the sales his crap has gotten.

 

[Cyan]

wait, what the hell does 'mid seven figures' mean? Does it mean 'about half of a mille' or does it mean seven figures plus''?

Because the first one is nothing to be jealous off with the sales his crap has gotten.

Half a mil would be mid six figures. Mid seven figures could be anywhere from $3-7 MM or thereabouts.

 

[Conkersbadfurday]

http://deadline.com/2015/08/ready-player-one-ernest-cline-author-next-book-film-rights-1201496871/

I like to think that the fact Penguin turned my book down but are giving Cline more money is proof that God doesn't exist.

/stillbitteraboutthat

in other news, I did review that book for this site http://wethenerdy.com/ernest-clines-armada-review/

 

[PhoncipleBone]

I like to think that the fact Penguin turned my book down but are giving Cline more money is proof that God doesn't exist.

/stillbitteraboutthat

in other news, I did review that book for this site http://wethenerdy.com/ernest-clines-armada-review/

Thank you for the review.

 

[Pilgrimzero]

http://geekandsundry.com/ready-player-one-movie-lets-speculate/

1. I'm shocked Armada is getting such good accolades. I love RP1, but Armada was pretty not good. And he's already got another deal to write a story that will be turned into a film! Does that mean Armada is getting the film treatment?

2. A two and a half year wait for the RP1 film, that's too long a wait!

 

[GDJustin]

What the fuck does this even MEAN?!

Actually, "cut-flower" sound sounds like it's written by a guy who watches too much anime. He saw some master swordsman character cut a flower and have it stay in one piece for a second before falling apart, and thought it was cool despite being total bullshit.

Or, you know, it could be in reference to a flower that's been cut, so it is now beginning to slowly decay, its beauty and life slowly draining away. Maybe it's still full of life for the time being, but the inevitable has taken hold.

But hey, keep up your Rothfuss analysis.

 

[DaveH]

Cline writes in first-person about how insanely hot his mom is, is a serious MMO gamer, indulges his gaming and complete lack of ambition despite being adjudicated delinquent for beating another child bloody (ready to use a tire iron in a subsequent sequence), and who remains conveniently unattached and "virginal" for the next 19 years.

I stopped reading.

 

[dead souls]

Cline writes in first-person about how insanely hot his mom is, is a serious MMO gamer, indulges his gaming and complete lack of ambition despite being adjudicated delinquent for beating another child bloody (ready to use a tire iron in a subsequent sequence), and who remains conveniently unattached and "virginal" for the next 19 years.

I stopped reading.

But...that's my fetish.

Spoiler

It's an awful book.

 

[Tragicomedy]

I finished this two days ago. Two stars...generously. I enjoyed Ready Player One for its absurdities even though it was very poorly written.

This book is significantly worse. Fifth grade writing, juvenile dialogue, pointless pop culture shout outs, and an entire cast of brain dead, half-dimensional characters. I cringed every time the main protagonist interacted with his love interest.

Avoid.

 

[Stumpokapow]

Or, you know, it could be in reference to a flower that's been cut, so it is now beginning to slowly decay, its beauty and life slowly draining away. Maybe it's still full of life for the time being, but the inevitable has taken hold.

But hey, keep up your Rothfuss analysis.

ok what sound does that make

 

[Haly]

ok what sound does that make

No, see, it's a metaphorical sound.

Spoiler

In truth, it's not a bad sentence. It scans, and it can pass for poetry, if not exactly prose. It's also the one thing Rothfuss can do well.

 

[Stumpokapow]

No, see, it's a metaphorical sound.

Spoiler

In truth, it's not a bad sentence. It scans, and it can pass for poetry, if not exactly prose. It's also the one thing Rothfuss can do well.

I'm not sure I can think of a scenario where two similes and a metaphor are necessary to convey an image. It lacks parallel structure and it doesn't seem to have any particular metre, so I'm not sure it has any of the aesthetic qualities that might justify the indulgence along those lines. It's not normative or argumentative so the repeated grasping at an image doesn't seem to me to be persuasive in nature.

I haven't read the book and I'm certainly no writer, but I feel pretty comfortable saying that's a bad line of text in any case

 

[Haly]

Where your sense of romance?