The Importance of Being Ernest
by Ernest Cline
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Familiar and resonant, Cline's collection takes readers into a private landscape of science fiction, pop culture, and pornography. Ernest Cline is a geek, novelist, poet, and screenwriter based in Austin, Texas. In addition to winning poetry slams, Cline is known for screenwriting "Fanboys," released in 2009. He also recently sold the film rights to his latest book, "Armada."Tags
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With Ernest Cline's debut novel Ready Player One being one of my favourite books, once I became aware of this poetry collection I thought I'd give it a try. It's pleasant enough but rather insubstantial; excluding the introduction and illustrations, the poems - all 17 of them, including three short haikus - only take up 45 pages. A larger volume might have left a greater impression on me, but I didn't really like much of what was on offer. None of the poems really did anything for me, though 'The Geek Wants Out' and 'Curriculum Vitae' came close. Even though I loved Ready Player One and eagerly await Cline's second novel, Armada, later this year, this one is only for the completists.
read this because of the author, I like the quick pace of his writing. That being said, I don't remember much of this book.
Ernst is important
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Ernest Cline is an American screenwriter and novelist. He was born in 1972 and grew up in rural Ohio. In 1998, Cline wrote a screenplay entitled, Fanboys, about the craze surrounding the prequels to the Star Wars movies. Over a decade later, the movie was finally released in 2009. However, creative differences and his dissatisfaction with the show more final edit, led Cline to quit screenwriting and write a novel. That novel, based on an idea he had been considering for years, became the New York Times Bestseller, Ready Player One. His second novel, Armada released in 2015 also became a New York Times Bestseller. He made the Hollywood Reporter's 'Most Powerful Authors' 2016 list, entering at number 12. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- 2013
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