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Pressure. Ernest Cline knows how to handle it.

The New York Times best-selling author has written two books – and both are being made into movies.

The Austin, Texas, resident is currently on a book tour for the release of his second novel, “Armada,” in paperback.

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He will make a stop at the Jean Cocteau Cinema in Santa Fe on Sunday, April 17.

Ernest Cline

WHEN: 5 p.m. Sunday, April 17

WHERE: Jean Cocteau Cinema, 418 Montezuma Ave., Santa Fe

HOW MUCH: $10 or $26

Cline’s rise in the science fiction world has been a rapid. And it’s come with hard work.

His first novel, “Ready Player One,” became a huge hit in the literary world.

That was enough for him to sell the rights and a film is being directed by Steven Spielberg with a March 2018 release.

Where the pressure comes in is with “Armada.”

In “Armada,” Cline writes about the discovery of another species in space who have been watching Earth.

It may sound far-fetched but, a few years ago, few of us could have anticipated the possibility of attending a virtual school, the discovery of water on Mars, or another Earth-like planet orbiting around a sun very similar to ours.

While writing for “Ready Player One” took him years to complete, the process for “Armada” was very different.

“I sold the seven-page outline before I started writing it,” he says. “When I actually started to write, I knew it was going to be a novel and it was going to be a movie. That changed my process.”