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Re-Read: 7/2015: As always, teared up with the end. Sigh...
Re-Read: 11/2014: Enjoyed it as much the second time around.
This book was simply phenomenal.
Not being into video games at all, I would have never thought that I was going to enjoy this book as much as I did. But while listening to it, I laughed, cried and made random YES! gestures every time Parzival (aka Wade) cleared a hurdle in the hunt.
The plot is a curious mix of past and future, a sort of Willie Wonka but with video games. It’s abo ...more
Re-Read: 11/2014: Enjoyed it as much the second time around.
This book was simply phenomenal.
Not being into video games at all, I would have never thought that I was going to enjoy this book as much as I did. But while listening to it, I laughed, cried and made random YES! gestures every time Parzival (aka Wade) cleared a hurdle in the hunt.
The plot is a curious mix of past and future, a sort of Willie Wonka but with video games. It’s abo ...more
What a ride....
I loved this book for the first 100 or so pages, then I got a little bit bored with the monotony of the hunt for the Easter egg and the game within the game. I felt like I needed to fast forward VH1's Decade of the 80's to get to the resolution. I really wanted to really fall in love with this book, but I just couldn't, even though I am a Child of the 80's and still have my collection of Dungeons & Dragons rulebooks on one of the many bookshelves. Ultimately, I was annoyed at the length of the b
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A must read for geeks that grew up in the 80s!
Apr 09, 2019
Marla
rated it
really liked it
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3.5 stars. Imagine the collapse of the world and everyone spending most of their lives and money on a virtual universe called OASIS. There were times when the story dragged, or the author was more busy in dropping tidbits of 80's pop culture than progressing the story. But for the most part, Parzival's pursuit of the Anorak's hidden Halliday egg was a fun trip. This book would most appeal to people who grew up in the 80's, are gamers, love 80's pop culture or sci fi/fantasy lovers. I didn't love
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This was a wonderful book to me. I have no clue why I waited so long to read it, but it was apparently written for people like me.
The book is full of 80's nostalgia through a dystopian view from the future. I was graduated from high school in the mid-80's, played D&D, dropped quarters in arcade machines, and the first computer I used was a TRS-80. I didn't play all the video games in the book, nor did I know all the movie and music references, but I knew a ton of them.
The story and the charact ...more
The book is full of 80's nostalgia through a dystopian view from the future. I was graduated from high school in the mid-80's, played D&D, dropped quarters in arcade machines, and the first computer I used was a TRS-80. I didn't play all the video games in the book, nor did I know all the movie and music references, but I knew a ton of them.
The story and the charact ...more
Nov 05, 2011
Deyara
marked it as to-read
Jan 27, 2013
Rebecca NJ
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really liked it
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May 11, 2013
Amanda A
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Nov 15, 2013
Mary
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Oct 01, 2015
Jenn
marked it as to-read
