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Justin
Sep 09, 2017 rated it it was amazing
I loved it.. partially because I am a complete nerd, partially because I remember almost all the 80s references, and partially because well the story is actually pretty good. Yes 25% of the book seemed to be quotes or references to pop culture mostly from the 80's and at times I almost feel like the author probably personified himself as Halliday. Yet despite this, the way the references we're used and integrated into the book was pretty impressive. They weren't just quarky one liners employed t ...more
Quantum
Feb 12, 2019 marked it as lemmed  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: sci-fi
DNF'd at 30% of the audiobook.

Wow, people actually think this is a good story? The first 20% is an infodump giving the background of the story universe with boring narrative summary. Finally, we get to the quest and the author manages to shoehorn in a bunch of trivia and things we already know about how video games work. (I also don't know what the big deal is about Wheaton's narration.)
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Mahesh
Absolutely stunning.
This became one of my favourite.
What a wonderful story.
Wil Wheaton you are rock star man..what a narration.!
Nick James
Aug 25, 2017 rated it it was amazing
Absolutely excellent book, I couldn't put it down. Helps to have grown up in the '80s or '90s and to be a bit of a nerd/geek! ...more
Chris Richards
Jul 19, 2014 rated it it was amazing
Baztuk
Jul 24, 2014 rated it it was amazing
DRH
Jul 31, 2014 rated it it was amazing
Caleb O'leary
Sep 24, 2014 rated it really liked it
Zippington
Dec 10, 2014 rated it it was amazing
Jesse
Jan 11, 2015 rated it liked it
Hellblack
Oct 13, 2016 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: sci-fi
Eetu Kirsi
Jul 16, 2015 rated it it was amazing
Dan Sigley
Jul 22, 2015 rated it it was amazing
Ellis
Sep 14, 2015 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Michael Real
Oct 27, 2015 rated it it was amazing
Whrath2
Dec 02, 2015 rated it really liked it
Sigurdur Arnar Stefnisson
Feb 20, 2021 rated it really liked it
C.A.A. Allen
Jun 05, 2016 marked it as to-read
Matt
Jul 04, 2016 marked it as to-read
Deb Leonard
Feb 07, 2017 rated it it was amazing
Ally
Sep 07, 2017 rated it really liked it
Shelves: sf
Ben Jammin
May 02, 2017 marked it as to-read
Justin
Jun 28, 2017 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Ashley Eade
Oct 25, 2017 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Alex
Jan 03, 2018 marked it as to-read
Shelves: audiobook