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 …
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 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 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.
This description comes from the 2015 Crown Publishers edition.
Hardcover, 355 Seiten
Sprache: English
Am 17. März 2015 von Crown Publishers veröffentlicht.
Dieses Buch ist nach "Ready Player One" leider ein nicht so gut gelungenes Buch aus dem vergleichbaren Universum. Damit wirkt es leider wie eine unnötige Fortsetzung, auch wenn es eine andere Geschichte erzählt.
Zum Beispiel ist die Beschreibung der Gefechte im Grunde immer wieder nur eine Wiederholung.
Das Buch fängt an mit:
"I was staring out the classroom window and daydreaming of adventure when I spotted the flying saucer."
… und ungefähr das Tempo hält es bis zum Schluss durch.
Das ist alles keine hohe Literatur, und auch die philosophischen Ansätze sind eher schwach. Und die popkulturellen Referenzen sind viel weniger ausgefeilt als in Ready Player One. Aber seit langem habe ich mich nicht mehr so an einem Buch festgelesen.
