Quotes from Ernest Cline

Der Vorhang ist noch nicht gefallen, oder?' Ich nickte. 'Es ist erst vorbei, wenn es vorbei ist. Und das ist es noch lange nicht.

The only legitimate use of a computer is to play games.

sentía debilidad fetichista por las chicas guapas y raritas que tocaban el ukelele

As we pulled into the Columbus bus terminal, my OASIS connection cut out. As I pulled off my visor and filed off the bus with the other passengers, the reality of my situation finally began to hit home. I was now a fugitive, living under an assumed name. Powerful people were out looking for me. People who wanted me dead. As I stepped off the bus

Don't look directly in their eyes!" I heard Aech shout at us. "Never look in any of their eyes, OK?" I immediately averted my eyes and saw Shoto do the same thing. Aech caught us both staring at the ground. "I didn't tell you to avoid looking at them!" Aech shouted. "Just avoid looking any of them in the eye for longer than a second or two, or they'll go berserk, OK?

Gut', sagte er und zwinkerte mir zu. 'Mach nicht denselben Fehler wie ich. Versteck dich nicht ewig hier drin.

I'd realized that the best thing for my mental health would be to abandon social media altogether.

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

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

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

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

Busted," I said, raising my hands in a gesture of guilt. "That's what you get

When I reached the bar, I ordered a Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster from the female Klingon bartender and downed half of it. Then I grinned as R2 cued up another classic '80s tune. " Ã¢â'¬ËœUnion of the Snake

WarGames had been one of Halliday's all-time favorite movies. Which was why I had watched it over three dozen times.

said. "Even worse than Green Lantern's ring! They give that hammer a new power every other week, just to get Thor out of whatever asinine fix they've written him into." He smirked. "By the way, lots of other people have wielded Mjolnir, including Wonder Woman in a crossover issue! Google it! Your whole argument is invalid, Diehl!" For the record, my own personal choice would have probably

The tenderness in her tone, which had once been so familiar to me, now felt completely foreign. Hearing it again was like a knife in my heart.

It wasn't a horse. It was a man banging two coconut halves together. Then I knew where I was. Inside the first scene of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Another of Halliday's favorite films

Tengo beicon de soja. Y estos huevos en polvo no están tan mal, si los salas bien...

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.

Now it's time to take off every zig for great justice.

Welcome to the OASIS, Parzival!

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

There was no downtime between calls, because there were always several hundred morons in the call queue, all of them willing to wait on hold for hours to have a tech rep hold their hand and fix their problem. Why bother looking up the solution online? Why try to figure the problem out on your own when you could have someone else do your thinking for you?

later, appearing simultaneously at the top of the basement staircase. Daito was the taller of the two, and appeared to be in his late teens. Shoto was