![]() ![]() Regarding the warnings of too much social media and screen time that seem sewn into his sequel, Cline says: “I try to show the good side and the bad side of technology, but this one is definitely more of a cautionary tale.” “I’ve matured, and my life has changed a lot.”Ĭline, who is married to poet Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz and has two daughters, says he actually has a love/hate relationship with the internet and its corresponding technology. “Well, yeah, you know, I am 10 years older than when I wrote the first book, and 20 years older than when I started the first book,” Cline says. ![]() ![]() With the release of "Ready Player Two," the Austin, Texas-based author tweaks the expectations of his own brand of nostalgic escapism with an Easter egg of ambivalence regarding the addictive nature of the very internet-based obsessions that initially inspired him. Ernest Cline’s 2011 debut novel, "Ready Player One," a kind of Willy Wonka-meets-"Tron" adventure story, validated the digital diversions of gamers and 1980s enthusiasts alike with its arcade in-jokes and allusions to John Hughes movies. ![]()
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