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This rollicking read centers around Wade (IRL), Parzival in the virtual reality game he plays in with most of the other inhabitants of the planet earth. In his real life, life is ugly enough to want to be in the virtual reality where you can create what you look like, go to school, and meet like minded people. Then the bajillionaire who created the virtual world dies, but not before creating a puzzle within the game. Whoever solves it wins his inheritance. There are so many pop culture reference
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Wade lives mostly in a virtual reality called OASIS. He even goes to school there. In his spare time, he, along with many other folks, called gunters, are trying to solve the riddle that Jim Halliday, the co-creator of OASIS, set before the world as his last will and testament. Whoever wins the contest inherits all. Things have been pretty quiet on the contest front for the last five years, with nobody even solving the first part. And then somebody does. His name goes up on the scoreboard: Parzi
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A futuristic romp with tons of 1980's cultural references. Wade and his friends are seeking the "egg" that James Halliday hid inside his virtual reality world called "The Oasis". But a huge company wants the prize and will kill for it if necessary. Some action, some romance, and tons of gaming references. Gamers will relate to this but folks who don't might struggle a bit.
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Aug 24, 2013
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