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I don't even think I was quite a year old. My mother was maybe seven months pregnant with my little brother. I was sucked out of her arms, and she landed 75 yards away from our trailer and had a ruptured disc. The tornado set me down on top of this pile of corrugated lumber and scrap metal.

~Ernest Cline

Topics: Arms Away Brother Disc Down Even Had Her Landed Little Little Brother Maybe Me Metal Months Mother Old Our Out Pile Pregnant Quite Scrap Set Seven She Sucked Think Top Tornado Trailer Yards Year

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I have to avoid things like 'World of Warcraft' or 'Minecraft', otherwise I'd never get any work done.

~Ernest Cline

Topics: Any Avoid Done Get Like Never Otherwise Things Warcraft Work World

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In a book, you can describe a scene and have any song you want playing on the radio and have any painting you want hanging on the wall. That was really freeing to me when I was writing 'Ready Player One.' I could throw in everything that I love.

~Ernest Cline

Topics: Any Book Could Describe Everything Freeing Hanging Love Me Painting Player Playing Radio Ready Really Scene Song Throw Wall Want Writing You I Love

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I'm surprised that VR has come about so quickly. It's lucky I just happened to write a book imagining virtual reality right on the cusp of it actually happening.

~Ernest Cline

Topics: About Actually Book Come Happened Happening Imagining Just Lucky Quickly Reality Right Surprised Virtual Virtual Reality Write Vr

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In a zombie apocalypse movie, nobody's ever seen a zombie movie. Or in an alien invasion movie, nobody has ever seen an alien invasion movie, like 'Independence Day.'

~Ernest Cline

Topics: Alien Apocalypse Day Ever Independence Independence Day Invasion Like Movie Nobody Seen Zombie

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I was just starting out, trying to become a screenwriter, and I became the Austin slam champion three times. For a nerdy, kind of a socially awkward guy, that did wonders for my self esteem.

~Ernest Cline

Topics: Austin Awkward Became Become Champion Did Esteem Guy Just Kind My Self Nerdy Out Screenwriter Self Slam Socially Starting Three Times Trying Wonders

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Before I became a full-time writer, I worked in tech support in those giant cubicle farms you see. I was surrounded by people who played video games all the time - sometimes actually in the call centers, playing online multiplayer games. I saw friends of mine who began to feel that going online was more compelling to them than real life.

~Ernest Cline

Topics: Actually Became Before Began Call Centers Compelling Farms Feel Friends Full-Time Games Giant Going Life Mine More Online People Played Playing Real Real Life Saw See Sometimes Support Surrounded Tech Than Them Those Time Video Video Games Who Worked Writer You

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I feel like I was hit by all of geek culture at once while I was growing up in the '70s and '80s. Saturday morning cartoons like 'Star Blazers' and 'Robotech.' Live action Japanese shows like 'Ultraman' and 'The Space Giants.'

~Ernest Cline

Topics: Action Cartoons Culture Feel Geek Giants Growing Growing Up Hit Japanese Like Live Live Action Morning Once Saturday Saturday Morning Shows Space Star Up While I Feel I Feel Like

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Gibson wrote 'Neuromancer' on a typewriter, you know, before the technology he was writing about existed.

~Ernest Cline

Topics: About Before Existed Gibson He Know Technology Typewriter Writing Wrote You

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Everything you could ever want to happen happened to me when 'Ready Player One' came out.

~Ernest Cline

Topics: Came Could Ever Everything Happen Happened Me Out Player Ready Want You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Novelist

Born: Unknown

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