starts out like a simple bit of fun and winds up feeling like a rich and plausible picture of future friendships in a world not too distant from our own. Cline is that rare writer who can translate his own dorky enthusiasms into prose that’s both hilarious and compassionate.” -NPR Cline stuffs his novel with a cornucopia of pop culture, as if to wink to the reader.” - Boston Globe part intergalactic scavenger hunt, part romance, and all heart.” -CNN NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Entertainment Weekly The race is on-and the only way to survive is to win.
Suddenly he’s beset by rivals who’ll kill to take this prize. Whoever is first to solve them will inherit his vast fortune-and control of the OASIS itself. When the eccentric creator of the OASIS dies, he leaves behind a series of fiendish puzzles, based on his obsession with the pop culture of decades past. The only time Wade Watts really feels alive is when he’s jacked into the OASIS, a vast virtual world where most of humanity spends their days.
In the year 2045, reality is an ugly place.
“As one adventure leads expertly to the next, time simply evaporates.”- Entertainment WeeklyĪ world at stake. Willy Wonka meets The Matrix.”- USA Today Now a major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg. Published in 2011, it is a set in a dystopian future on planet Earth. 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. Ready Player One is Ernest Clines debut novel. And then Wade stumbles onto the key to the first puzzle. 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.įor years, millions have struggled fruitlessly to attain this prize, knowing only that the riddles are based in the culture of the late twentieth century. 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. Famine, poverty, and disease are widespread. It's the year 2044, and the real world has become an ugly place. Now available for the first time in a beautiful hardback edition, perfect for hardcore fans and collectorsĪ world at stake. THE BOOK BEHIND THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY STEVEN SPIELBERG PRE-ORDER NOW - READY PLAYER TWO: THE SEQUEL
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