Armada

By: Ernest Cline

Narrated by: Wil Wheaton

Zack Lightman is a dreamer. He fills his days with wishful thoughts of life on other planets and spends hours playing videogames, neither of which have helped him make friends or find a girlfriend. His refuge from the daily disappointments of life is Armada - an online space-fighter simulator based on defending Earth from an alien invasion. It’s when he’s playing that he feels closest to his father, a champion gamer who died when Zack was a baby.

He rises up the ranks until there’s only one other player who can challenge his worldwide supremacy. As he closes in on his ultimate enemy, the game suspiciously shuts down, leading Zack to investigate the many urban legends and myths that surround Armada. What he finds will take him beyond his wildest dreams.

The game was just the beginning....

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Wil Wheaton is fantastic!!!

Unfortunately the story was a bit too fst paced and short and tge characters cpuld have been explored more, as I think I would have really liked them... but then the whole story happens in less then a day, so it makes a little sense too. ...would love a sequel to this..

Fun, not deep but fun

It's like a Harry Potter of a book - you won't get anything out of it and it's fairly predictable, but it's a fun and easy read all the way through.

A must-listen for fans of the genre

Yes. It's no Ready Player One" (how could it be?) but (proud) geekdom will still find this a highly satisfying and heartening offering from the same author. And, really, what can be better than Wil Wheaton once again taking us on the joyride?
It's not life altering (probably) and is just a tad heavy handed somehow in dishing out some of its pop culture pearls (the very beauty of Cline's work I know and agree) but you will enjoy the storytelling way too much to let that detract.

Better than Ready Player One..

Enjoyable read and a different premise involving aliens and video games. Liked it better than Ready Player One.

The book does suffer from author taking liberties around hacking, just like Ready Player One did.

Wil Wheaton was perfect fit as the narrator for the book, again, much like Ready Player One.

In awe

Great story and social commentary delivered entertainingly by Will Wheaton. Loved it from beginning to end.