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My Take
I can't think about Ernest Cline without grinning at how perfectly the kid from Ashland, Ohio became the patron saint of nostalgia overload. Ready Player One is basically a love letter to the same arcades and VHS tapes I'd expect a 1972-born screenwriter to have grown up worshipping, and there's something fitting about Spielberg, the very source of so much of that 80s mythology, directing the film he co-wrote. The slam-poetry roots tell me he treats geek trivia as something to perform, not just list. Armada and Ready Player Two never matched the original spark for me, but I respect a writer who turned pure fandom into a career.
Overview
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.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Ernest Cline
- Name (Japanese)
- アーネスト・クライン
- Reading
- あーねすと・くらいん
- Born
- March 29, 1972 (age 54)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Rat
- Origin
- Ashland, Ohio, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- writer / screenwriter / comedian / science fiction writer / journalist
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Ashland High School
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Ready Player One | — |
6. Links
Writer — see all → · Screenwriter — see all → · More people from United States →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.