Armada by Ernest Cline--a quick review Hot on the heels of the fantastic adventure called Ready Player One , Ernest Cline decided to keep it going with a new book called Armada . Clearly another video game retread though as, while most of it is the same type of thing as Ready Player One , Armada does not have the same magic. Basically, the concept for the first book was so good—intriguing and electrifying—that he simply couldn't duplicate it. The characters don't seem as strong and the prose doesn't seem as stylistically interesting. However, the fascinating part of the book is his re-imagination of what science fiction is in the first place. His references to sci-fi mythos is truly for any nerd to love. Little glimmers like that, that tell us we are not alone in our fandom, are really worth reading about. I still liked Armada . Don't get me wrong. I have always loved the concept of if the movie The Last Starfighter suddenly came true and...