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| Original Title: | Armada |
| ISBN: | 0804137250 (ISBN13: 9780804137256) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Zackary Lightman, Alexis Larkin, Xavier Ulysses Lightman, Pamela Lightman |
| Literary Awards: | Golden Duck Award for Young Adult (Hal Clement Award) (2016), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Science Fiction (2015) |
Ernest Cline
Hardcover | Pages: 355 pages Rating: 3.53 | 94786 Users | 12695 Reviews
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| Title | : | Armada |
| Author | : | Ernest Cline |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 355 pages |
| Published | : | July 14th 2015 by Crown Publishing |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Fiction. Young Adult. Audiobook. Fantasy. Science Fiction Fantasy. Adventure |
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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 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.
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Ratings: 3.53 From 94786 Users | 12695 ReviewsEvaluate Regarding Books Armada
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 didnt care about anyone! I didnt feel we spent enough time with a single character for me to care about their fate and so when something happened to someone I just shruggedWINNER: 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
Someone please tell me why I waited so long to read Armada by Ernest Cline. Ready, Player, One is easily one of my favorite books but for some reason I put this one off. While it's not quite up there with RPO it was still a great read. In Armada Zack Lightman is a high school student who loves his video games. When his mother pressures him to think about the future he claims he'll be happy staying in his job at the local video game store.One day at school Zack happens to see something in the sky
Full review now posted!Armada is another book by Ernest Cline that bases its foundation on gaming. It also uses some of the same '80s terminology used in Ready Player One, but not overly so. The plot and overall feel of the story is completely different. The gaming and terminology elements worked outstandingly well in RPO, but I just wasn't feeling them as much in this book. So, in other words I wasn't blown away. Armada is a good book in its own right, and maybe me reading it right after RPO
I expected something more original... ZACKS 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 cant deny that Armada contains witty and humor, I didnt find it fresh or original.Any big
I gave this book 2 stars.I am going to preface my review by saying I really didn't enjoy reading this book very much. I will admit that it had a lot of hype and big shoes to fill, coming after Ready Player One, but for me it completely fell flat.Maybe someone really really into flight sim and tactical war games will appreciate this book more, but I found it very dull. So much of the story involved having things explained to me and there was very little immediate action, which was hard to get
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