Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1) in A Book Walks Into a Bar

Aug 28, 2016 Travis rated it liked it

This novel is 1980s pop culture brought to life as a work of futuristic fiction. Besides all the references and homages to the television, movies, music, video games, and books of the 80s, Ready Player One plays out like a science fiction movie from the 80s, and because of this, it is rather predictable in many ways, though still quite enjoyable.

There is not much substance to this novel. The good guys and the bad guys are very well delineated. There is a love story that takes predictable twists ...more

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Sep 10, 2014 Casey rated it it was amazing

Shelves: young-adult, science-fiction, gaming

I listened to the audiobook read by Wil Wheaton, who did an EXCELLENT job narrating.

This coming-of-age tale about a boy who lives in a world obsessed with virtual reality describes a viable future for our current society. The social commentary is very pertinent to today's issues with online identity, privacy, and corporate control, but it is also a fast-paced, exciting read that plays out like a video game. "Ready Player One" celebrates gaming as a platform that not only encourages healthy compe ...more

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Oct 21, 2020 Becky rated it it was amazing

If you boil down the synopsis of the movie and book they would be the same, but the book is quite detailed and many of those details make the difference. The movie was really good, and so was the book. The book has a darker edge to it. I would recommend them both. If you haven't seen/read either, see the movie first. I think reading the book first would make you mad at the movie writers, which is unfair because it was a good adaptation of the script to fit a two plus hour time limit. ...more

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