Ready Player One

eBook, 384 pages

English language

Published March 10, 2014 by Crown Publishing Group.

ISBN:
978-0-307-88745-0
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5 stars (15 reviews)

It's the year 2044, and the real world is an ugly place.

Like most of humanity, Wade Watts escapes his grim surroundings by spending his waking hours jacked into the OASIS, a sprawling virtual utopia that lets you be anything you want to be, a place where you can live and play and fall in love on any of ten thousand planets.

And like most of humanity, Wade dreams of being the one to discover the ultimate lottery ticket that lies concealed within this virtual world. For somewhere inside this giant networked playground, OASIS creator James Halliday has hidden a series of fiendish puzzles that will yield massive fortune--and remarkable power--to whoever can unlock them.

For years, millions have struggled fruitlessly to attain this prize, knowing only that Halliday's riddles are based in the pop culture he loved--that of the late twentieth century. And for years, millions have found in …

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A great book for videogame enthusaists and those who love 80's culture.

5 stars

A great story regarding a late teen engaging in a video game quest with real-world impact. Set in a dystopian future, the tale gives you a blend of a virtual world learing to positive and meaningful real-life changes.

The story is told with enthusiasm and gives you a great insight into a late teen learning there is more to life than a virtual world. It also teaches you persistance, may lead to mindblowing results.

Review of 'Ready Player One' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Grim Gibsonesque post oil setting, 80s references (games, movies, music, rpgs), and virtual worlds from swords & sorcery to John Hughes to cyberpunk. This super-savvy Scooby Doo is one heck of a fun ride, with a few moral observations around the edges. Highly recommended!

July 2017 - Read aloud with daughter, 13. Should be two movies, really; just hope they don't screw it up too bad.
Thoughts on my 3rd reading - I must have skimmed through some of the infodumps (I wonder if Ernest Cline would consider releasing a version without those?) but the action is still quite good - a fun and easy read. Accurately described as nostalgia-porn. 4½ stars.

Sep 2011 - Listened to the audio version (Wil Wheaton nails it, by the way), but I couldn't wait and finished the epub last night.

Review of 'Ready Player One' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

A great nostalgic romp through the past, the present and, perhaps a not too distant future. It points out what's wrong with our global culture today in a way that brings back the hope we had growing up in the 70's and 80's. It reinvigorates a faith in the goodness of humanity in spite of our current mistakes and failings. And it points out the absolute value of charity towards one another. And it shows how we know all this; we learned it all growing up but forgot it being part of the rat race or being run over by it.

It's full of Easter eggs from pop culture and the best ones are those he brings up without pointing them out, leaving the reader to notice them.

For anyone who is nostalgic about the late 70's and 80's and the tabletop role-playing game that spawned many others and computer …

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