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...now that everyone could vote from home, via the OASIS, the only people who could get elected were movie stars, reality TV personalities, or radical televangelists.
Ernest Cline
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Ernest Cline
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: March 29
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Continue your quest by taking the test. Yes, but what test? What test was I supposed to take? The Kobayashi Maru? The Pepsi Challenge? Could the clue have been any more vague?
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The clans began to bombard the outer force field with rockets, missiles, nukes, and harsh language.
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Going outside is highly overrated.
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I have to avoid things like 'World of Warcraft' or 'Minecraft', otherwise I'd never get any work done.
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