This book was a nice blend of console game history, pop culture and science fiction movies.
What if the rise in popularity of the First Contact SF trope was really a way to get the population of Earth ready for the reality of an alien invasion? What if all those video games were really training simulations to teach people how to engage the enemy without causing a panic?
I enjoyed this novel as an audio book narrated by Wil Wheaton who was simply terrific in it.
The story itself was rather predictable. However, the humour that was woven throughout and the gaming history was a perfect vehicle for it. I can easily imagine Spielberg making a movie of this one too. And that is because Cline writes vividly and cinematically which made the text disappear and the imagery pop into my imagination.
It’s a fun read so long as that is what you want - fun. Zach Lightman, who is the narrator and a high school senior, is obsessed with the passing of his father when he was an infant. He discovers a box of his dad's things in the attic and begins to read his old journals. In them, he discovers his father's theories about video games and what their functions really are.
I was very happy with this book.
Ernes Cline's website - http://www.ernestcline.com/
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