Ready Player One

Name: Ready Player One
Brand: Cornerstone
SKU: 9780099560432
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By Ernest Cline

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( 1,215,387 ratings, 105,240 reviews)

Summary

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline is set in a dystopian future where people escape their bleak reality by immersing themselves in a virtual reality universe called the OASIS. The protagonist, Wade Watts, embarks on a quest to solve a complex puzzle within the OASIS, left behind by its creator, with the promise of immense wealth and control of the virtual world for the winner. As the competition heats up, Wade faces numerous challenges and dangerous adversaries while navigating a world filled with 1980s pop culture references.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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Book Hero Magic created this recommendation. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! IS THIS YOUR NEXT READ?

You might enjoy this book if you're intrigued by the fusion of virtual reality and a dystopian future, peppered with a treasure hunt for riches and power. Lovers of '80s nostalgia and pop culture, combined with high-stakes adventure and puzzles, will find it especially captivating.

Ready Player One

Famine, poverty, and disease are widespread. Like most of humanity, Wade Watts escapes this depressing reality by spending his waking hours jacked into the OASIS, a sprawling virtual utopia where you can be anything you want to be, where you can live and play and fall in love on any of ten thousand planets.

SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY STEVEN SPIELBERG

The Sci-Fi Sensation of the Year - a jaw-droppingly cinematic space opera, part classic coming-of-age story, part brilliant pop-culture mash-up

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Soon to be a major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg

The Sci-Fi Sensation of the Year - a jaw-droppingly cinematic space opera, part classic coming-of-age story, part brilliant pop-culture mash-up.

The book behind the major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg

Wildly original and stuffed with irresistible nostalgia, Ready Player One is a spectacularly genre-busting, ambitious, and charming debut - Independent

Part intergalactic scavenger hunt, part romance, and all heart - CNN

Ernest Cline's novel deserves to be a modern classic - SciFiNow

Gorgeously geeky, superbly entertaining, this really is a spectacularly successful debut - Daily Mail

A world at stake. A quest for the ultimate prize. Are you ready?

It's the year 2044, and the real world has become an ugly place. We're out of oil. We've wrecked the climate. Famine, poverty, and disease are widespread.

Like most of humanity, Wade Watts escapes this depressing reality by spending his waking hours jacked into the OASIS, a sprawling virtual utopia where you can be anything you want to be, where you can live and play and fall in love on any of ten thousand planets. And like most of humanity, Wade is obsessed by the ultimate lottery ticket that lies concealed within this alternate reality. OASIS founder James Halliday, who dies with no heir, has promised that control of the OASIS - and his massive fortune - will go to the person who can solve the riddles he has left scattered throughout his creation.

For years, millions have struggled fruitlessly to attain this prize, knowing only that the riddles are based in the culture of the late twentieth century. And then Wade stumbles onto the key to the first puzzle.

Suddenly, he finds himself pitted against thousands of competitors in a desperate race to claim the ultimate prize, a chase that soon takes on terrifying real-world dimensions - and that will leave both Wade and his world profoundly changed.

Readers can't get enough of Ready Player One...

* 'This is an exciting story, especially for geeks, and the key word is FUN.'

* 'Ladies and gentlemen, from this day this book is my life and I will obsess over it constantly.'

* 'I just kinda wanna cry right now. I'll have a proper review at some point, but I gotta let myself recover.'

* 'I had the feeling while reading this book that it was written expressly for me. This is my childhood captured.'

* 'THAT WAS SO TOTALLY AWESOME, WOW!'

Book Hero Magic summarised reviews for this book. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! HOW HAS THIS BEEN REVIEWED?

Ready Player One is praised for its unique blend of 1980s pop culture, imaginative world-building, and engaging storyline. Many reviewers find it a thrilling adventure that combines elements of quest novels and virtual space opera, often described as a "nerdgasm" by enthusiasts of fantasy culture. The book's nostalgic nods appeal to those who fondly remember retro gaming and pop culture, while its narrative is accessible to a broad audience, making it both a fun read and a significant contribution to modern science fiction.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780099560432

Publisher: Cornerstone

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 05 April 2012

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Arrow Books Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 23.0mm

Width: 127.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 267g

Pages: 384

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Ernest Cline Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction Sci-Fi & Fantasy

About the Author

Ernest Cline is a #1 New York Times bestselling novelist, screenwriter, and full-time geek. He is the author of the novels Ready Player One and Armada and co-screenwriter of the film adaptation of Ready Player One, directed by Steven Spielberg. His books have been published in over fifty countries and have spent more than 100 weeks on The New York Times bestsellers list. He lives in Austin, Texas, with his family, a time-traveling DeLorean, and a large collection of classic video games.