Calling from a hotel room in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Cline told Paste that Armada was a chance to tap into that nostalgia once more. He became a name in the sci-fi writing scene with his debut novel, Ready Player One, about a high school senior hunting for a prize hidden in a virtual universe riddled with warfare and ‘80s nostalgia. As Cline explained when he phoned up Paste, Armada is a space opera powered by his love for videogames and ‘80s science fiction, namely the kind that features young dudes saving the world. And something about dwarves, which we’ll get to later. A flying saucer in the sky that protagonist Zack Lightman recognizes from his favorite videogame Zack’s best friends debating the merits of the Mjolnir and Sting Zack musing about WarGames, TRON, ZZ Top. From the opening chapter of Ernest Cline’s new novel, Armada, there’s quite a bit to follow-even if you were a teenager of the ‘80s.
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