earlier today i spoke with best-selling author ernest cline.ancing show." >> thank you. i am a big fan. >> trevor: i am a major fan of yours because to have the world you created with the work that you've done and because of how -- i almost want to say i guess how much truth telling you told, you know, even in telling a future story, feels like you told the truth about the present. "ready player two" was a smash hit, one of the best-selling books of all time, and the movie was a smash hit as well. and now book is already a sequel. it's is story of a not too distant future where everybody basically lives in a virtual world. no one wants to live outdoors or do anything and our true pleasure is living in a virtual reality, which may seem farfetched when you wrote it but it seems we're edging closer and closer to that. >> it does. it was shocking to me how quickly the predictions i made especially about virtual reality and the adoption of virtual reality technology happened. it's only been nine years since "ready player one" was published and there