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Ernest Cline Quote: “We can’t be together anymore, Wade,” she said evenly, her voice suddenly devoid of emotion. “Not when we disagree on something so basic. And so important. Your actions today will have disastrous consequences. I’m sorry you can’t see that.”

401. “We can’t be together anymore, Wade,” she said evenly, her voice suddenly devoid of emotion. “Not when we disagree on something so basic. And so important. Your actions today will have disastrous consequences. I’m sorry you can’t see that.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “But we also figured out how to do science, which helped us develop technology.”

402. “But we also figured out how to do science, which helped us develop technology.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “Correct,” the machine replied. “But thankfully you made the correct choice, and knowingly disengaged from the cycle of warlike escalation with your imaginary enemy. That is why I’m speaking to you now. Once the Test has been passed, the Emissary makes contact with the individual most directly responsible, to inform them that their species has been invited to join the Sodality.”

403. “Correct,” the machine replied. “But thankfully you made the correct choice, and knowingly disengaged from the cycle of warlike escalation with your imaginary enemy. That is why I’m speaking to you now. Once the Test has been passed, the Emissary makes contact with the individual most directly responsible, to inform them that their species has been invited to join the Sodality.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “Ray seemed to subsist primarily on a diet of high-fructose junk food and old videogames. It was hard not to love the guy. Back.”

404. “Ray seemed to subsist primarily on a diet of high-fructose junk food and old videogames. It was hard not to love the guy. Back.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “I was a man of science, even if I did usually get a C in it.”

405. “I was a man of science, even if I did usually get a C in it.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “Sorry, Cruz!” I said, pushing my throttle forward. “But you’ll never guess who just showed up. Leeeeeeroyyy – ” “Oh, Lightman, don’t you even dare!” “ – mmm-Jenkinsss!” I broke formation with the others, leaving the Icebreaker behind as I moved to attack the nearest Dreadnaught. I slammed my throttle forward and crossed in front of it, strafing the turrets spaced along the sphere’s equator, taking out one or two of them. “Goddammit, Zack!” Cruz shouted. “Every time! Every goddamn time!”

406. “Sorry, Cruz!” I said, pushing my throttle forward. “But you’ll never guess who just showed up. Leeeeeeroyyy – ” “Oh, Lightman, don’t you even dare!” “ – mmm-Jenkinsss!” I broke formation with the others, leaving the Icebreaker behind as I moved to attack the nearest Dreadnaught. I slammed my throttle forward and crossed in front of it, strafing the turrets spaced along the sphere’s equator, taking out one or two of them. “Goddammit, Zack!” Cruz shouted. “Every time! Every goddamn time!”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “I need each of you to build the best rig you can, as fast as you can.”

407. “I need each of you to build the best rig you can, as fast as you can.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “One artificially intelligent supercomputer pretending to be a hostile alien race for the purpose of testing humanity’s character?”

408. “One artificially intelligent supercomputer pretending to be a hostile alien race for the purpose of testing humanity’s character?”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “As we sprinted from the Candle Room to the Music Club to the Boudoir to the Virtual Video Room, a song called “Interactive” played on a continuous loop in every room. Aech explained that this was a song Prince wrote exclusively for a Myst-like videogame he released with the same title.”

409. “As we sprinted from the Candle Room to the Music Club to the Boudoir to the Virtual Video Room, a song called “Interactive” played on a continuous loop in every room. Aech explained that this was a song Prince wrote exclusively for a Myst-like videogame he released with the same title.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “Og gave the Sega Ninja cabinet an awkward pat, as if it were an unfamiliar Labrador. Then he shoved both his hands into his pockets and grinned at me like a lovestruck idiot. He looked as if his pupils might change into cartoon hearts at any second.”

410. “Og gave the Sega Ninja cabinet an awkward pat, as if it were an unfamiliar Labrador. Then he shoved both his hands into his pockets and grinned at me like a lovestruck idiot. He looked as if his pupils might change into cartoon hearts at any second.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “Yeah, I wish we could skip this storyline crap,” Cruz said. “Bor-ing.”

411. “Yeah, I wish we could skip this storyline crap,” Cruz said. “Bor-ing.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “That was the reason a lot of our own users had started to refer to GSS as the “New Sixers” and me, Aech, Shoto, and Samantha as the “Four Nerds of the Apocalypse.”

412. “That was the reason a lot of our own users had started to refer to GSS as the “New Sixers” and me, Aech, Shoto, and Samantha as the “Four Nerds of the Apocalypse.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “You’re just dead, your brain stops working, and then you’re not around to ask annoying questions anymore.”

413. “You’re just dead, your brain stops working, and then you’re not around to ask annoying questions anymore.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “It suddenly occurred to me just how absurd this scene was: a guy wearing a suit of armor, standing next to an undead king, both hunched over the controls of a classic arcade game. It was the sort of surreal image you’d expect to see on the cover of an old issue of Heavy Metal or Dragon magazine.”

414. “It suddenly occurred to me just how absurd this scene was: a guy wearing a suit of armor, standing next to an undead king, both hunched over the controls of a classic arcade game. It was the sort of surreal image you’d expect to see on the cover of an old issue of Heavy Metal or Dragon magazine.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “I’d never had such a powerful, immediate connection with another human being before.”

415. “I’d never had such a powerful, immediate connection with another human being before.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “Van Halen, Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, and Pink Floyd.”

416. “Van Halen, Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, and Pink Floyd.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “The prize for the Earthworld contest was the Talisman of Penultimate Truth.”

417. “The prize for the Earthworld contest was the Talisman of Penultimate Truth.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “Ernest Cline lives in Austin, Texas, where he devotes a large portion of his time to geeking out. This is his first novel.”

418. “Ernest Cline lives in Austin, Texas, where he devotes a large portion of his time to geeking out. This is his first novel.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “I couldn’t make myself be cautious around her. A little voice in my head kept trying to tell me that every word she said could be disinformation and that she might be playing me for a fool. But I didn’t believe it. I trusted her, even though I had every reason not to.”

419. “I couldn’t make myself be cautious around her. A little voice in my head kept trying to tell me that every word she said could be disinformation and that she might be playing me for a fool. But I didn’t believe it. I trusted her, even though I had every reason not to.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “Hello!” I shouted at the Six-Fingered Man one final time. “My name is Inigo Montoya! You killed my father. Prepare to die!”

420. “Hello!” I shouted at the Six-Fingered Man one final time. “My name is Inigo Montoya! You killed my father. Prepare to die!”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “Strong with the Dark Side of the Force that place is. In you must go, mofo.”

421. “Strong with the Dark Side of the Force that place is. In you must go, mofo.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “Ray seemed about to say something more when a boom shook the entire shuttle. I felt a rush of panic, thinking we’d just come under attack. Then I realized we’d just broken the sound barrier.”

422. “Ray seemed about to say something more when a boom shook the entire shuttle. I felt a rush of panic, thinking we’d just come under attack. Then I realized we’d just broken the sound barrier.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “NASA dubbed this spacecraft the Envoy I, and it reached Europa on the 9th of July, 1976 – the day humanity made its first direct contact with an alien intelligence.”

423. “NASA dubbed this spacecraft the Envoy I, and it reached Europa on the 9th of July, 1976 – the day humanity made its first direct contact with an alien intelligence.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “His proclamation was met with a deafening roar of shouted threats, insults, and colorful profanity.”

424. “His proclamation was met with a deafening roar of shouted threats, insults, and colorful profanity.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “Con endoesqueletos accionados con servomotor.”

425. “Con endoesqueletos accionados con servomotor.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “I never knew how to act or what to say, and when I did work up the courage to speak, I always seemed to say the wrong thing.”

426. “I never knew how to act or what to say, and when I did work up the courage to speak, I always seemed to say the wrong thing.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “Leeroy Jenkins!”

427. “Leeroy Jenkins!”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “Busted,” I said, raising my hands in a gesture of guilt. “That’s what you get.”

428. “Busted,” I said, raising my hands in a gesture of guilt. “That’s what you get.”

— Ernest Cline

429. “I actually switched to a third-person view for a few seconds, just to admire how cool my avatar looked wearing it.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “I spotted shots from various films in the Trek and Wars franchises, mixed with shots from the various versions of War of the Worlds, The Day the Earth Stood Still, V, and even – God help us – Battlefield Earth.”

430. “I spotted shots from various films in the Trek and Wars franchises, mixed with shots from the various versions of War of the Worlds, The Day the Earth Stood Still, V, and even – God help us – Battlefield Earth.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “My accusation seemed to detonate on his face like a bomb. His features began to contort, but I turned my back on him so I wouldn’t have to see the rest of his reaction. I walked out of there as fast as I could without looking.”

431. “My accusation seemed to detonate on his face like a bomb. His features began to contort, but I turned my back on him so I wouldn’t have to see the rest of his reaction. I walked out of there as fast as I could without looking.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “And, of course, Kevin Smith.”

432. “And, of course, Kevin Smith.”

— Ernest Cline

433. “Not trusting my instincts any further, I loaded up a piece of high-end avatar dance software called Travoltra, which I’d downloaded and tested earlier that evening. The program took control of Parzival’s movements, synching them up with the music, and all four of my limbs were transformed into undulating cosine waves. Just like that, I became a dancing fool. Art3mis.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “She did it to get the extra food vouchers from the government every month.”

434. “She did it to get the extra food vouchers from the government every month.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “We played vintage board games, watched movies, and listened to music. We talked for hours. Long, rambling conversations about everything under the sun. Spending time with her was intoxicating. We seemed to have everything in common. We shared the same interests. We were driven by the same goal. She got all of my jokes. She made me laugh. She made me think. She changed the way I saw the world. I’d never had such a powerful, immediate connection with another human being before.”

435. “We played vintage board games, watched movies, and listened to music. We talked for hours. Long, rambling conversations about everything under the sun. Spending time with her was intoxicating. We seemed to have everything in common. We shared the same interests. We were driven by the same goal. She got all of my jokes. She made me laugh. She made me think. She changed the way I saw the world. I’d never had such a powerful, immediate connection with another human being before.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “Especially when it came to the videogames. Videogames were my area of expertise. My double-weapon specailization. My dream Jeopardy! category.”

436. “Especially when it came to the videogames. Videogames were my area of expertise. My double-weapon specailization. My dream Jeopardy! category.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “These items were nothing but ones and zeros stored on the OASIS servers, but they were also status symbols.”

437. “These items were nothing but ones and zeros stored on the OASIS servers, but they were also status symbols.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “Besides, what if BSG and Firefly took place in the same universe? You ever consider that?” I.”

438. “Besides, what if BSG and Firefly took place in the same universe? You ever consider that?” I.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “Pretend they’re Gungans,” Cruz suggested. “And that we get to nuke Jar Jar.”

439. “Pretend they’re Gungans,” Cruz suggested. “And that we get to nuke Jar Jar.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “Once we reached the edge of the Be-Free Forest, we entered Holden’s Field – a large, flat, open field of rye, perched precariously on the edge of the Cliffs of Salinger, a place where I had completed several different book-report quests at several different grade levels. I had also played countless games of tag in this field, with other kids from around the world. Kids I had never met and would never meet in the real world, with usernames that they had probably changed long ago.”

440. “Once we reached the edge of the Be-Free Forest, we entered Holden’s Field – a large, flat, open field of rye, perched precariously on the edge of the Cliffs of Salinger, a place where I had completed several different book-report quests at several different grade levels. I had also played countless games of tag in this field, with other kids from around the world. Kids I had never met and would never meet in the real world, with usernames that they had probably changed long ago.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “Halliday had prepared a short video message, along with instructions that it be released to the world media at the time of his death.”

441. “Halliday had prepared a short video message, along with instructions that it be released to the world media at the time of his death.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “As soon as they saw Aech’s score increase, they would have used Fyndoro’s Tablet of Finding and learned that he was currently on Frobozz.”

442. “As soon as they saw Aech’s score increase, they would have used Fyndoro’s Tablet of Finding and learned that he was currently on Frobozz.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “Bester, Bradbury, Haldeman, Heinlein, Tolkien, Vance, Gibson, Gaiman, Scalzi, Zelazny.”

443. “Bester, Bradbury, Haldeman, Heinlein, Tolkien, Vance, Gibson, Gaiman, Scalzi, Zelazny.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “Admittedly, all the time I’d had to devote to the game had shaved a full point off my grade average, and it had probably cost me my relationship with Ellen, too.”

444. “Admittedly, all the time I’d had to devote to the game had shaved a full point off my grade average, and it had probably cost me my relationship with Ellen, too.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “I didn’t get to find out who or what Kilgore was, because my father walked over and closed Milo’s pod canopy for him. Then he walked back over and watched nervously as I raised his QComm and placed the video call to my mother.”

445. “I didn’t get to find out who or what Kilgore was, because my father walked over and closed Milo’s pod canopy for him. Then he walked back over and watched nervously as I raised his QComm and placed the video call to my mother.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “The sorts of movies my late father had been nuts about.”

446. “The sorts of movies my late father had been nuts about.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “Now everyone could be on TV, every second of every day, whether or not anyone was watching.”

447. “Now everyone could be on TV, every second of every day, whether or not anyone was watching.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “When I tried to access one of the other entertainment libraries, Vintage Movies, the system informed me that I wouldn’t be granted access to a wider selection of entertainment options until I had received an above-average rating in three consecutive employee performance reviews. Then the system asked me if I wanted more information on the Indentured Employee Entertainment Reward Program. I didn’t.”

448. “When I tried to access one of the other entertainment libraries, Vintage Movies, the system informed me that I wouldn’t be granted access to a wider selection of entertainment options until I had received an above-average rating in three consecutive employee performance reviews. Then the system asked me if I wanted more information on the Indentured Employee Entertainment Reward Program. I didn’t.”

— Ernest Cline

Ernest Cline Quote: “The real van that I’d used as my hideout had been extracted from the junk pile and airlifted to Columbus, so it could be put on display in the GSS Museum.”

449. “The real van that I’d used as my hideout had been extracted from the junk pile and airlifted to Columbus, so it could be put on display in the GSS Museum.”

— Ernest Cline

450. “That’s the first rule of online romances, pal. No one ever looks anything like their avatar.”

— Ernest Cline

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