Bridge to Bat City

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Little, Brown Books for Young Readers will publish Cline’s Bridge to Bat City, the author’s first book in four years. The kids book is described as a “mostly true tall tale” abouta recently orphaned young girl named Opal B Flats who forms an unexpected friendship with a music-loving colony of bats and helps them find a new home against all odds. Cline was born and raised in Ashland, Ohio, the son of Ernest Christy Cline and Faye Imogene ( née Williams) Cline. [2] As a youth in the 1970s and 1980s, Cline was "addicted to video games and movies," especially Star Wars, the movies of John Hughes, and the tabletop roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons. [2] He worked in information technology in his twenties and worked on screenwriting during his spare time. [2] Fanboys [ edit ] Spry, Jeff (December 19, 2020). "Ready Player Two movie is in "early stages," Ernest Cline reveals". Inverse . Retrieved February 7, 2023.

Ready Player One' Book Sequel Sets November Publishing Date". The Hollywood Reporter. July 8, 2020.In the meantime, he busied himself as a star of Austin's slam poetry scene, collecting some of his verses into a chapbook, The Importance of Being Ernest, in 2001, However, it was his debut novel Ready Player One that made him a household name, and it was adapted by Steven Spielberg in 2018. Cline followed up his debut novel with 2015's Armada, and a sequel, Ready Player Two, released in 2020. Both Armada and Ready Player Two have been optioned for film adaptations ( in Armada's case, three years before it was even published). From 2003 to 2013 Cline was married to author Susan Somers-Willett, with whom he has one daughter. [18] [19] Cline earned his laurels as part of Austin's geek elite in the '90s with his buzzy script, Fanboys, which finally made it to the screen in 2009 in a version starring starring Jay Baruchel, Kristen Bell, Seth Rogen, and Danny Trejo. In 2001, Cline self-published a chapbook collection of his spoken-word writing, The Importance of Being Ernest, and released an album, The Geek Wants Out. In the fall of 2013, Write Bloody Publishing published a new edition of The Importance of Being Ernest with new cover art by Gary Musgrave and new interior illustrations by Len Peralta. [ citation needed] Books [ edit ] And an unexpected, impossibly powerful, and dangerous new rival awaits, one who’ll kill millions to get what he wants.

Ernest Christy Cline (born March 29, 1972) is an American science fiction novelist, slam poet, and screenwriter. He wrote the novels Ready Player One, Armada, and Ready Player Two and co-wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation of Ready Player One, directed by Steven Spielberg. His fourth novel, Bridge to Bat City was announced in June 2023 with a planned release by Little, Brown and Company in April 2024. [17] It will be Cline's first children’s novel and is described as a “'mostly true tall tale' about a recently orphaned young girl named Opal B Flats, who forms an unexpected friendship with a music-loving colony of bats and helps them find a new home against all odds." Coll, Kevin (June 21, 2010) Cool Novel Ready Player One Gets Publishing Rights and Movie Deal. fusedfilm.com The story is inspired by bedtime stories that Cline would tell his own children. Here's the first synopsis:His third novel, Ready Player Two was announced in August 2015 and released on November 24, 2020 as a sequel to Ready Player One. [14] [15] As of 2020, a film adaptation of the novel was in early development. [16] After having listened to nearly 400 audiobooks, this is the first time I have felt it so necessary as to write a review.

Ready Player One author Ernest Cline will release his first book for children next year, Deadline reports. Peter, O'Dowd (November 24, 2020). "In 'Ready Player Two,' Author Ernest Cline Goes Further Into The Virtual World". WBUR . Retrieved February 7, 2023. Wheaton, Wil (August 15, 2011). "You want to accept Anorak's Invitation. Trust me". Wilwheaton.net . Retrieved February 24, 2014. With it comes a new riddle, and a new quest - a last Easter egg from Halliday, hinting at a mysterious prize. In 2016, he married poet/nonfiction writer Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz, whom he met at the 1998 National Poetry Slam and began dating in 2013. [20] They have one daughter. [21]When the eccentric creator of the OASIS dies, he leaves behind a series of fiendish puzzles, based on his obsession with the pop culture of decades past. Whoever is first to solve them will inherit his vast fortune—and control of the OASIS itself. The book will follow Opal B. Flats, a 13-year-old girl who moves to her uncle’s farm after the death of her mother and befriends a group of music-loving bats. When the bats’ home is threatened by a mining company with designs on the farm, Opal and the bats flee to Austin, Texas—a city known for its obsession with the flying mammals.

A Long Overdue Update". Ernie's Blog. Archived from the original on January 18, 2016 . Retrieved February 15, 2015.Smith, Clay (June 5, 1998). "Postscripts: Bloomin' Poets – Books". The Austin Chronicle . Retrieved February 24, 2014.