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Happy Landfill
Feb 26, 2011

I don't understand but I've also heard much worse
Chitoryu why

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Happy Landfill
Feb 26, 2011

I don't understand but I've also heard much worse
You know, if Cline was setting up the character's collective realization that Halliday was actually incredibly lonely and sad and used his childhood nostalgia to avoid dealing with some trauma this would almost be...effective? Like, it's so over the top and shallow that it just...it's gotta be leading to something at least somewhat interesting.

But no. Everything you see here is exactly as it says on the tin.

Edit: also before I forget

quote:

 the most insufferable manchild of a businessman that Cline could think was cool. He was a bachelor with no friends, no family, and no children.

Notch. Cline included Notch in his book.

Happy Landfill fucked around with this message at 03:42 on Mar 13, 2018

Happy Landfill
Feb 26, 2011

I don't understand but I've also heard much worse

Ccs posted:


Like it would actually be interesting if there was some reason Wade was only interested in media from 30+ years before he was born. Is he pining for a time before the world fell apart? Does it represent a more innocent time for humanity that he is trying to return to?
Again, more thought than the author put in.

We're going to be saying this a lot, aren't we? :sigh:

Happy Landfill
Feb 26, 2011

I don't understand but I've also heard much worse
It weirds me out because in those movie posters Parzival looks like my first ex. The Matrix poster is where I see the most resemblance. He would totally be a fan of this book, too.

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