Ready Player One, written by Ernest Cline, is a dystopian novel featuring a fictional world where the main character must find three keys to win the prize. Ready Player One was chosen as this years common book for K-State incoming students.

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McCain Auditorium was packed on Thursday night with K-State students and faculty who came to listen to Earnest Cline speak. Ernest Cline is the author of the book "Ready Player One", which is the K-State Book Network's common book for 2013.

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K-State students Falon Runnebaum (left), freshman in accounting, Daphne Park, freshman in family studies (2nd from right), and Anna Sevart, freshman in life sciences, have their picture taken with Ernest Cline after he spoke at McCain Auditorium on Thursday night. Ernest Cline's novel, Ready Player One, was chosen as this years common book for K-State incoming freshman.

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Ernest Cline, the author of Ready Player One, speaks to a large audience of K-State students and faculty, at McCain Auditorium on Thursday night, about his life and the stories behind his writings. Ready Player One was the 2013 common book for the K-State Book Network.

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Maria Neu, freshman in architecture, has her copy of "Ready Player One" signed by Ernest Cline, the author, at McCain Auditorium on Thursday night. Ernest Cline spoke to a large audience about his life and the story behind his novel.

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Ernest Cline signs his book "Ready Player One" for K-State students and faculty after speaking at McCain Auditorium on Thursday night.

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Ernest Cline signs his book "Ready Player One" for K-State students and faculty after speaking at McCain Auditorium on Thursday night.

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