Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)

A Novel

Paperback, 374 pages

English language

Published July 9, 2011 by Crown Publishers.

ISBN:
978-0-307-88743-6
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4 stars (47 reviews)

Ready Player One is a 2011 science fiction novel, and the debut novel of American author Ernest Cline. The story, set in a dystopia in 2045, follows protagonist Wade Watts on his search for an Easter egg in a worldwide virtual reality game, the discovery of which would lead him to inherit the game creator's fortune. Cline sold the rights to publish the novel in June 2010, in a bidding war to the Crown Publishing Group (a division of Random House). The book was published on August 16, 2011. An audiobook was released the same day; it was narrated by Wil Wheaton, who was mentioned briefly in one of the chapters.Ch. 20 In 2012, the book received an Alex Award from the Young Adult Library Services Association division of the American Library Association and won the 2011 Prometheus Award. A film adaptation, screenwritten by Cline and Zak Penn and directed …

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Too much nerd-sugar, but I consumed it anyway

4 stars

I was there, I lived it all. Except for Journey. That should be erased from history. Where's your synthesiser, where's your drum machine? Devo would have been a better representation of that era, but they weren't as commercial and processed. That aside, it's an engaging story, very good fun SF. My instinct from the start was that it was pulpy and shallow, and thinking further about it reinforces that first impression, but I enjoyed it on its own terms..

reviewed Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

Popkultura kam se podíváš

5 stars

Příběh, který z větší části vsází na nostalgii čtenáře. Hlavní dějová osa je vlastně triviální. Máme tu dobro a zlo a cíl, ke kterému se musí jedni nebo druzí dostat první. Celé je to však zasazené do kulis 80-90 let, kdy dle autora vznikala ta stěžejní popkultura v podobě arkádových her, starých filmů a rockové hudby. Majstrštyk na skutečnost, že kniha je vlastně zasazená do roku 2045. Čte se to samo. Záleží jen na tom jak velký jste geek, nebo jak moc vás zajímají jednotlivé odkazy na jiné příběhy. Já jsem si to užil. Nutno dodat, že nostalgie mě naplňovala celou dobu čtení.

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 (Ready Player One, #1)' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Read a short novel in a single day after a long time. The book is mostly "geek and pop-culture" references with a fast-paced YA like plot. Things I liked were how closely the book actually resembles a game and even the occasional diatribe about us shutting ourselves from reality into alternate realities (The book mostly talks about VR, but implies things like fantasy books and DnD).

The worldbuilding was slightly off-putting for me. It didn't have the same polish as the Monty Python references. A world dying of an energy crisis and people just sitting around with insane cash didn't equate very well for me either. However, I was expecting a fast-paced full-of-trivia YA novel, and that is exactly what I got.

Review of 'Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

great gimmick in this book: a bill gates type guy in the future has created the most successful and popular way to utilize the internet up and dies. he has no heirs and his will is readaloud in said popular/successful simulation game: his fortune and controlling shares in his company will be awarded to the player who can locate 3 hidden keys inside the game. add an evil corporation that wants to gain control of the game and start monetizing it (and will do anything, include kidnapping and murdering lay gamers), and you've got a race.

but that's not the gimmick. it's the game creator's obsession with 80's pop culture, movies and music that makes this a fun run. 80's references are everywhere and it's like a trip down memory lane as lyrics are unfurled, and the dolorian from back to the future drives up, and brundle-fly pops up. it …

Review of 'Ready Player One' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

"It suddenly occurred to me just how absurd this scene was: a guy wearing a suit of armor, standing next to an undead king, both hunched over the controls of a classic arcade game."<br/><br/>This is a truly spectacular work: for a debut novel the writing is first rate and the entire premise astounding.<br/><br/>The year 2044 sees Humanity escaping the reality of increased energy depletion and environmental damage in a virtual world.  One of the creators of this virtual world eventually dies and, rather than being conventional about his will, leaves everything hidden in his creation, secreted and hidden away behind clues, quests and games. Of course, everyone wants to win, and so begins a mass study of this guy's likes, tastes and era of upbringing.<br/><br/><br/><br/>"At once wildly original and stuffed with irresistible nostalgia, READY PLAYER ONE is a spectacularly genre-busting, ambitious, and charming debut—part quest<br/>novel, part love story, and part …
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