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Ernest Cline Quote: “Newer, faster, or more versatile components were always being released, so I was constantly spending large chunks of my meager income on upgrades.”

451. “Newer, faster, or more versatile components were always being released, so I was constantly spending large chunks of my meager income on upgrades.”

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Ernest Cline Quote: “I wasn’t some dilettante.”

452. “I wasn’t some dilettante.”

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453. “I took control of a Happy Helpdesk avatar, a cookie-cutter Ken doll that I used to take tech-support calls. This avatar appeared inside a huge virtual call center, inside a virtual cubicle, sitting at a virtual desk, in front of a virtual computer, wearing a virtual phone headset. I thought of this place as my own private virtual hell.”

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Ernest Cline Quote: “I blinked and looked again – but it was still out there, a shiny chrome disc zigzagging around in the sky. My eyes struggled to track the object through a series of increasingly fast, impossibly sharp turns that would have juiced a human being, had there been any aboard. The disc streaked toward the distant horizon, then came to an instantaneous stop just above it. It hovered there motionless over the distant tree line for a few seconds, as if scanning.”

454. “I blinked and looked again – but it was still out there, a shiny chrome disc zigzagging around in the sky. My eyes struggled to track the object through a series of increasingly fast, impossibly sharp turns that would have juiced a human being, had there been any aboard. The disc streaked toward the distant horizon, then came to an instantaneous stop just above it. It hovered there motionless over the distant tree line for a few seconds, as if scanning.”

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Ernest Cline Quote: “You had to be careful whenever you entered a new zone or sector. You had to be prepared. But like I said, I didn’t have that problem. I was stuck at school.”

455. “You had to be careful whenever you entered a new zone or sector. You had to be prepared. But like I said, I didn’t have that problem. I was stuck at school.”

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Ernest Cline Quote: “The Great Recession was now entering its third decade, and unemployment was still at a record high. Even the fast-food joints in my neighborhood had a two-year waiting list for job applicants.”

456. “The Great Recession was now entering its third decade, and unemployment was still at a record high. Even the fast-food joints in my neighborhood had a two-year waiting list for job applicants.”

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Ernest Cline Quote: “Instead, he picked up his bass guitar, and, in what seemed like an odd coincidence, he began to play a solo version of “One of These Days” while staring up at the stars projected on the dome over our heads. Then I noticed a practice set list taped to the floor in front of him, and saw that several of the songs listed there were tracks I knew from my father’s old mixtapes.”

457. “Instead, he picked up his bass guitar, and, in what seemed like an odd coincidence, he began to play a solo version of “One of These Days” while staring up at the stars projected on the dome over our heads. Then I noticed a practice set list taped to the floor in front of him, and saw that several of the songs listed there were tracks I knew from my father’s old mixtapes.”

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Ernest Cline Quote: “The half dozen GSS employees inside all avoided making direct eye contact. I could guess what all of them were thinking: Meet the new boss, weird as the old boss.”

458. “The half dozen GSS employees inside all avoided making direct eye contact. I could guess what all of them were thinking: Meet the new boss, weird as the old boss.”

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Ernest Cline Quote: “Her instinct was always to act out of kindness and generosity instead of self-interest. She was a better person than me, and I was a better person when I was around her.”

459. “Her instinct was always to act out of kindness and generosity instead of self-interest. She was a better person than me, and I was a better person when I was around her.”

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Ernest Cline Quote: “Space – First coin-op arcade game – port of Spacewar!”

460. “Space – First coin-op arcade game – port of Spacewar!”

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Ernest Cline Quote: “Great, Wade, I thought. You just called her laugh “dorky.” Real smooth.”

461. “Great, Wade, I thought. You just called her laugh “dorky.” Real smooth.”

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Ernest Cline Quote: “OK, Arty,” I said.”

462. “OK, Arty,” I said.”

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Ernest Cline Quote: “I fired a last volley of plasma bolts at the unprotected enemy ship, which was already vibrating from the buildup of power in its reactor core, and held my breath as they streaked toward it, silently praying to Crom that they would reach the Glaive and destroy it before it finished transforming itself into a weapon of mass destruction.”

463. “I fired a last volley of plasma bolts at the unprotected enemy ship, which was already vibrating from the buildup of power in its reactor core, and held my breath as they streaked toward it, silently praying to Crom that they would reach the Glaive and destroy it before it finished transforming itself into a weapon of mass destruction.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “Zum ersten Mal in meinem Leben konnte mir die OASIS gestohlen bleiben.”

464. “Zum ersten Mal in meinem Leben konnte mir die OASIS gestohlen bleiben.”

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Ernest Cline Quote: “I don’t care if Spielberg directed.”

465. “I don’t care if Spielberg directed.”

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Ernest Cline Quote: “Knavery?” Art3mis said after she’d finished reading it. “Were you using a thesaurus when you wrote this?”

466. “Knavery?” Art3mis said after she’d finished reading it. “Were you using a thesaurus when you wrote this?”

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Ernest Cline Quote: “Don’t say that!” I was starting to cry and didn’t bother hiding it from her. “Is it because I told you I’ve never had a real girlfriend? And that I’m a virgin? Because-.”

467. “Don’t say that!” I was starting to cry and didn’t bother hiding it from her. “Is it because I told you I’ve never had a real girlfriend? And that I’m a virgin? Because-.”

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Ernest Cline Quote: “According to him, the firmware on our OIVs has not been altered in any way – it just isn’t functioning properly now, due to the changes in Anorak’s infirmware.”

468. “According to him, the firmware on our OIVs has not been altered in any way – it just isn’t functioning properly now, due to the changes in Anorak’s infirmware.”

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Ernest Cline Quote: “The Solar Federation was controlled by a group of “priests,” who are described in Part II of the song, titled “The Temples of Syrinx.” Its lyrics told me exactly where the Crystal Key was hidden: We are the Priests of the Temples of Syrinx Our great computers fill the hallowed halls. We are the Priests of the Temples of Syrinx All the gifts of life are held within our walls. There was a planet in Sector Twenty-one named Syrinx. That was where I was headed now.”

469. “The Solar Federation was controlled by a group of “priests,” who are described in Part II of the song, titled “The Temples of Syrinx.” Its lyrics told me exactly where the Crystal Key was hidden: We are the Priests of the Temples of Syrinx Our great computers fill the hallowed halls. We are the Priests of the Temples of Syrinx All the gifts of life are held within our walls. There was a planet in Sector Twenty-one named Syrinx. That was where I was headed now.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “Halliday’s favorite sci-fi novels, TV shows, and movies.”

470. “Halliday’s favorite sci-fi novels, TV shows, and movies.”

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Ernest Cline Quote: “It was Art3mis. She wore a suit of scaled gunmetal-blue armor that looked more sci-fi than fantasy. Twin blaster pistols were slung low on her hips in quickdraw holsters, and there was a long, curved elvish sword in a scabbard across her back. She wore fingerless Road Warrior–style racing gloves and a pair of classic Ray-Ban shades. Overall, she seemed to be going for a sort of mid-’80s postapocalyptic cyberpunk girl-next-door look. And it was working for me, in a big way. In a word: hot.”

471. “It was Art3mis. She wore a suit of scaled gunmetal-blue armor that looked more sci-fi than fantasy. Twin blaster pistols were slung low on her hips in quickdraw holsters, and there was a long, curved elvish sword in a scabbard across her back. She wore fingerless Road Warrior–style racing gloves and a pair of classic Ray-Ban shades. Overall, she seemed to be going for a sort of mid-’80s postapocalyptic cyberpunk girl-next-door look. And it was working for me, in a big way. In a word: hot.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “My father’s face contorted in pain, and that was when I turned and walked away, well out of earshot, to let them talk in private – and to avoid a crying jag of my own.”

472. “My father’s face contorted in pain, and that was when I turned and walked away, well out of earshot, to let them talk in private – and to avoid a crying jag of my own.”

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Ernest Cline Quote: “Player One button, and my worries would instantly slip away as my mind focused itself on the relentless pixelated onslaught on the screen in front of me. There, inside the game’s two-dimensional universe, life was simple: It’s just you against the machine. Move with your left hand, shoot with your right, and try to stay alive as long as possible.”

473. “Player One button, and my worries would instantly slip away as my mind focused itself on the relentless pixelated onslaught on the screen in front of me. There, inside the game’s two-dimensional universe, life was simple: It’s just you against the machine. Move with your left hand, shoot with your right, and try to stay alive as long as possible.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “Something Daito had left to me in his will.”

474. “Something Daito had left to me in his will.”

— Ernest Cline

475. “And in addition to the credits, my avatar received an equal number of experience points for obtaining the coins.”

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Ernest Cline Quote: “At the center of all that gear was the opening DJ, R2-D2, hard at work, using his various robotic arms to work the turntables.”

476. “At the center of all that gear was the opening DJ, R2-D2, hard at work, using his various robotic arms to work the turntables.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “You have a gift for making friends who are much cooler than you are.”

477. “You have a gift for making friends who are much cooler than you are.”

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Ernest Cline Quote: “All I’d eaten that morning was a raw strawberry Pop-Tart I’d wolfed down in my car on the way to school – and.”

478. “All I’d eaten that morning was a raw strawberry Pop-Tart I’d wolfed down in my car on the way to school – and.”

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Ernest Cline Quote: “Since then, we’d used Street Fighter II to settle our disputes.”

479. “Since then, we’d used Street Fighter II to settle our disputes.”

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Ernest Cline Quote: “Where’d you get the coconuts?”

480. “Where’d you get the coconuts?”

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Ernest Cline Quote: “On the seven worlds where the Siren once played a role For each fragment my heir must pay a toll To once again make the Siren whole.”

481. “On the seven worlds where the Siren once played a role For each fragment my heir must pay a toll To once again make the Siren whole.”

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Ernest Cline Quote: “Over a forty-two-year period.”

482. “Over a forty-two-year period.”

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Ernest Cline Quote: “Yeah. I was on a roll. In less than six months, I’d managed to wreck both of my closest friendships.”

483. “Yeah. I was on a roll. In less than six months, I’d managed to wreck both of my closest friendships.”

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Ernest Cline Quote: “My ship stood out in the vast array of vessels, since it was the only giant robot.”

484. “My ship stood out in the vast array of vessels, since it was the only giant robot.”

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Ernest Cline Quote: “It looks just like Rivendell,” Aech said, taking the words right out of my mouth.”

485. “It looks just like Rivendell,” Aech said, taking the words right out of my mouth.”

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Ernest Cline Quote: “Ray seemed to subsist primarily on a diet of high-fructose junk food and old videogames.”

486. “Ray seemed to subsist primarily on a diet of high-fructose junk food and old videogames.”

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Ernest Cline Quote: “No,” Daito said. “We’re not. You’re all strangers to us. For all we know, any one of you could be a Sixer spy.”

487. “No,” Daito said. “We’re not. You’re all strangers to us. For all we know, any one of you could be a Sixer spy.”

— Ernest Cline

488. “Before I could protest, she laid a hand on my avatar’s chest and muttered a few arcane words.”

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Ernest Cline Quote: “Once she and I started touching each other, we both found it difficult to stop.”

489. “Once she and I started touching each other, we both found it difficult to stop.”

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Ernest Cline Quote: “It was a partnership destined to alter the course of human history.”

490. “It was a partnership destined to alter the course of human history.”

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Ernest Cline Quote: “Oh, and Wolverine had that idiotic Muramasa Blade made with part of his soul. Which, while incredibly lame, was still a far cooler magical weapon than Sting!”

491. “Oh, and Wolverine had that idiotic Muramasa Blade made with part of his soul. Which, while incredibly lame, was still a far cooler magical weapon than Sting!”

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Ernest Cline Quote: “He wasn’t dead!”

492. “He wasn’t dead!”

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Ernest Cline Quote: “When I played the classics, I did so with a determined sort of reverence.”

493. “When I played the classics, I did so with a determined sort of reverence.”

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Ernest Cline Quote: “Finally, after it felt like we’d been crawling along the highway for months, the Columbus skyline appeared on the horizon, glittering like Oz at the end of the yellow brick road.”

494. “Finally, after it felt like we’d been crawling along the highway for months, the Columbus skyline appeared on the horizon, glittering like Oz at the end of the yellow brick road.”

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Ernest Cline Quote: “Like most gunters, I voted to reelect Cory Doctorow and Wil Wheaton.”

495. “Like most gunters, I voted to reelect Cory Doctorow and Wil Wheaton.”

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