Ready Player One
a novel
1st ed.
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Author
Contributions
- Julian Pavia - Editor
- Deanna Hoak - Copy Editor
- Christopher Brand - Cover Design
- Ralph L. Fowler - Book Designer
Publication
2011-08-16 - Crown Publishers, New York City, New York, USA, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
93,500 words, Guess
Page Count
374 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL24842593M
- ISBN-139780307887436
- OCLC Control Number687652381
- OCLC Control Numberreadyplayerone00clin
- Library of Congress Control Number2011015247
and 2 more
- Goodreads9969571
- WikidataQ116176488
Classifications
- DDC813/.6
- LCCPS3603.L548 R43 2011
Description
In the year 2044. reality is an ugly place. The only time teenage Wade Watts *really* feels alive is when he's jacked into the virtual utopia known as the OASIS. Wade's devoted his life to studying the puzzles hidden within this world's digital confines--puzzles that are based on their creator's obsession with the pop culture of decades past and that promise massive power and fortune to whoever can unlock them. But when Wade stumbles upon the first clue, he finds himself beset by players willing to kill to take this ultimate prize. The race is on, and if Wade's going to survive, he'll have to win--and confront the real world he's always been so desperate to escape. (Provided by publisher).
Description
"An exuberantly realized, exciting, and sweet-natured cyber-quest. Cline's imaginative and rollicking coming-of-age geek saga has a smash-hit vibe."--Booklist, starred review "Ready Player One takes place in the not-so-distant future--the world has turned into a very bleak place, but luckily there is OASIS, a virtual reality world that is a vast online utopia. People can plug into OASIS to play, go to school, earn money, and even meet other people (or at least they can meet their avatars), and for protagonist Wade Watts it certainly beats passing the time in his grim, poverty-stricken real life. Along with millions of other world-wide citizens, Wade dreams of finding three keys left behind by James Halliday, the now-deceased creator of OASIS and the richest man to have ever lived. The keys are rumored to be hidden inside OASIS, and whoever finds them will inherit Halliday's fortune. But Halliday has not made it easy. And there are real dangers in this virtual world. Stuffed to the gills with action, puzzles, nerdy romance, and 80s nostalgia, this high energy cyber-quest will make geeks everywhere feel like they were separated at birth from author Ernest Cline."--Chris Schluep, Amazon Best Book of the Month
First Sentence
Everyone my age remembers where they were and what they were doing when they first heard about the contest.
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Series Statement
- Oasis #1
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- Ready Player One: a novel
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