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Ready Player One: The global bestseller and now a major Steven Spielberg movie Paperback – 5 April 2012
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PRE\-ORDER NOW \- READY PLAYER TWO: THE SEQUEL<\/b>
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THE BOOK BEHIND THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY STEVEN SPIELBERG<\/b>
Now available for the first time in a beautiful hardback edition, perfect for hardcore fans and collectors<\/u><\/i>
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A world at stake. <\/b>A quest for the ultimate prize. <\/b>Are you ready?<\/i><\/b>
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It\x27s the year 2044, and the real world has become an ugly place. We\x27re out of oil. We\x27ve 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.
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If you loved READY PLAYER ONE and can\x27t wait for more, check out ARMADA, Ernest Cline\x27s geek masterpiece!<\/b>
\x27Wildly original and stuffed with irresistible nostalgia, Ready Player One<\/i> is a spectacularly genre\-busting, ambitious, and charming debut\x27 Independent<\/b><\/i>
\x27Part intergalactic scavenger hunt, part romance, and all heart\x27 CNN <\/b><\/i>
\x27Ernest Cline\x27s novel deserves to be a modern classic\x27 SciFiNow<\/b><\/i>
\x27Gorgeously geeky, superbly entertaining, this really is a spectacularly successful debut\x27 Daily Mail<\/b><\/i><\/p>
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Print length384 pages
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LanguageEnglish
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PublisherArrow
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Publication date5 April 2012
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Dimensions12.9 x 2.4 x 19.8 cm
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ISBN-100099560437
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ISBN-13978-0099560432
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The science-fiction writer John Scalzi has aptly referred to Ready Player One as a 'nerdgasm' [and] there can be no better one-word description of this ardent fantasy artifact about fantasy culture…But Mr. Cline is able to incorporate his favourite toys and games into a perfectly accessible narrative -- Janet Maslin ― New York Times
A most excellent ride . . . the conceit is a smart one, and we happily root for [the heroes] on their quest . . . fully satisfying ― Boston Globe
Gorgeously geeky, superbly entertaining, this really is a spectacularly successful debut ― Daily Mail
If you grew up with an Atari or maybe had a Commodore 64 back in the day, you are going to really enjoy this one. Cline really captures the feeling of those good old days in Ready Player One ― WIRED
The strength of Cline's first novel, other than its geeky referencing of 1980s pop culture, is the characterisation of the Candide-like Wade and his redemptive quest in both VR and the real world ― Guardian
Ernest Cline’s novel deserves to be a modern classic…the most relevant novel of the 21st Century to date -- Steve Wright ― SciFi Now
The mystery and fantasy in this novel weaves itself in the most delightful way, and the details that make up Mr. Cline's world are simply astounding. Ready Player One has it all ― Huffington Post
Enchanting . . . Willy Wonka meets the Matrix. This novel undoubtedly qualifies Cline as the hottest geek on the planet right now. [But] you don't have to be a geek to get it ― USA Today
Fascinating and imaginative...It's non-stop action when gamers must navigate clever puzzles and outwit determined enemies in a virtual world in order to save a real one. Readers are in for a wild ride ― Terry Brooks, #1 New York Times bestselling author
This non-gamer loved every page of Ready Player One ― Charlaine Harris, #1 New York Times bestselling author
Ready Player One expertly mines a copious vein of 1980s pop culture, catapulting the reader on a light-speed adventure in an advanced but backward-looking future. If this book were a living room, it would be wood-paneled. If it were shoes, it would be high-tops. And if it were a song, well, it would have to be Eye of the Tiger. I really, really loved it. ― Daniel H. Wilson, author of How to Survive a Robot Uprising and Robopocalypse
The pure, unfettered brainscream of a child of the 80s, like a dream my 13-year-old self would have had after bingeing on Pop Rocks and Coke...I couldn't put it down ― Charles Ardai, Edgar Award-winning author and producer of Haven
Pure geek heaven. Ernest Cline's hero competes in a virtual world with life-and-death stakes -- which is only fitting, because he's fighting to make his dreams into reality. Cline blends a dystopic future with meticulously detailed nostalgia to create a story that will resonate in the heart of every true nerd ― Chris Farnsworth, author of Blood Oath
I was blown away by this book...Ernie Cline has pulled the raddest of all magic tricks: he's managed to write a novel that's at once serious and playful, that is as fun to read as it is harrowing. A book of ideas, a potboiler, a game-within-a-novel, a serious science-fiction epic, a comic pop culture mash-up-call this novel what you will, but READY PLAYER ONE will defy every label you try to put on it. Here, finally, is this generation's NEUROMANCER ― Will Lavender, New York Times bestselling author of Obedience
Completely fricking awesome...This book pleased every geeky bone in my geeky body. I felt like it was written just for me ― Patrick Rothfuss, #1 New York Times Bestselling author of The Wise Man’s Fear
Pleasingly geeky novel ... No wonder there are plans to make into a film ― Shortlist
Ready Player One is a fantastic adventure set in a futuristic world with a retro heart. Once I started reading, I didn't want to put it down and I couldn't wait to pick it back up ― S.G. Browne, author of Breathers and Fated
Cline's novel is a nerdcore odyssey; engaging and fun, this Gen-X popcult thrillride drew me in like a Galaxian machine set to free play. ― James Swallow
Cline [crafts] a fresh and imaginative world from our old toy box ... Cline strikes the nerves of nerd culture as expertly as Andy played that skeleton organ in The Goonies ― Entertainment Weekly
Totally awesome! ― Edinburgh Evening News
I would recommend this book in a heartbeat...young or old - it's just brilliant! ― Books4Teens.co.uk
In the safe hands of none other than Mr. Steven Spielberg, this is your last chance to read the book before the movie hype drowns out the written word. A mixed up dystopian fantasy adventure novel with more nods to 80’s pop culture than even the biggest John Hughes fan will be able to handle, it’s just a whole lot of fun to read ― 'Best books of 2015’, All in London
This is one you need to read before EVERYONE knows about it! ― So Feminine
Ultimately entertaining, enthusiastic and enjoyable. A real must-have for any collection…a beautifully constructed piece of escapism which will pull you in with such vigour that you miss your train stop. ― Live Magazines
Powerful and very timely message ― Guardian
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- Publisher : Arrow; 1st edition (5 April 2012)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 384 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0099560437
- ISBN-13 : 978-0099560432
- Dimensions : 12.9 x 2.4 x 19.8 cm
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It’s set in a dystopian future in 2044 – oil has run out, the climate is a wreck, and most people escape reality by spending their lives inside an immense virtual reality video game called the OASIS (similar to Second Life, if you’ve ever played it). It has its own currency, and kids even go to school inside the game. The creator of the game, James Halliday, died years earlier, without an heir to his immense empire, but left a video will with clues/easter eggs to be tracked in the game. Whoever solves these will inherit the OASIS, and the immense wealth that goes with it, and it’s an international obsession. Halliday was a teenager in the 80s and remained fixated with the era, so this means that everyone who is trying to solve the puzzle is just as fanatical, leading to some wonderful references. Wade Watts, our protagonist, is one of the millions trying to crack this. He’s a teenager, stony broke, living with his aunt, and at the bottom of the OASIS food chain. Through a combination of luck and skill with 80s arcade games, Wade somehow manages to be the first solve the first clue, and that’s when everything changes.
I’m not going to give you any spoilers, but I can’t recommend this highly enough. Great characters, very nasty baddies, loaded with 80s references, and actually worryingly possible – it’s definitely worth a read. Oh, and Steven Spielberg bought the film rights – the movie will be released in 2018. I hope he does it justice.









