Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)

A Novel

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 by Steven Spielberg, was released on March 29, 2018. A sequel novel, Ready Player Two, was released on November 24, 2020.

12 editions

Paperback, 374 pages

English language

Published July 9, 2011 by Crown Publishers.

ISBN:: 978-0-307-88743-6
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Goodreads:: 9969571

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Subjects

Regression (Civilization)
Utopias
Virtual reality
Fiction
Puzzles

Reviews

dsctm3 reviewed Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1) by Ernest Cline (duplicate)

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.

Ash reviewed Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1) by Ernest Cline (duplicate)

Greasy, fake butter movie theater popcorn, but in book form.

4 stars

Even though I didn't much like it, I did actually finish it, which is worth an extra star.

//read in 2012

George reviewed Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1) by Ernest Cline (duplicate)

Lightweight romp through Nostalgia

4 stars

An enjoyable and quick read. Nostalgia is bound together by a fairly predictable plot line. I wanted to go back and create a playlist of all the music mentioned, but I borrowed the book from a co-worker and needed to return it.

Sr. Estegosaurio reviewed Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1) by Ernest Cline (duplicate)

I enjoyed it.

4 stars

To be honest it's been a while since I read the book so don't expect a full in depht review. Sorry.

I liked it, quite a lot indeed. I also enjoy playing video games and 90% of the action occours on a video game. I think that, as always, the book is quite superior compared to the movie.

In conclussion: I recomend it if you like cifi stuff.