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HarryT · 08-02-2015, 03:28 AM

Just finished "Armada" by Ernest Cline. Gamers help to fend off an alien invasion.

After reading his excellent previous book, "Ready, Player One" I had high hopes for this, but it was a big disappointment. The storyline was, I felt, weak, and the plot (which is basically the idea that the government has secretly been using video games for the last 40 years to train people for combat against a coming alien invasion) a cliched idea that's been done a lot better elsewhere (eg in Orson Scott Card's "Ender's Game"). The novel ends with a "deus ex machina" plot device which is very disappointing. Not recommended.

08-02-2015, 03:28 AM	#22615
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,557 Karma: 93980341 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Just finished "Armada" by Ernest Cline. Gamers help to fend off an alien invasion. After reading his excellent previous book, "Ready, Player One" I had high hopes for this, but it was a big disappointment. The storyline was, I felt, weak, and the plot (which is basically the idea that the government has secretly been using video games for the last 40 years to train people for combat against a coming alien invasion) a cliched idea that's been done a lot better elsewhere (eg in Orson Scott Card's "Ender's Game"). The novel ends with a "deus ex machina" plot device which is very disappointing. Not recommended. Last edited by HarryT; 08-02-2015 at 03:39 AM.