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...and after the 3rd reread/audiobook listen it's still just as good as the first time I read it. Really hope they don't mess it up with the movie...
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This was an epic, epic book. Ready Player One is pretty much an anthology of all the pop culture references from the 1980s.
I tackled this book in a hybrid form. I snagged the audiobook from my online library without really knowing what it was about - I just knew the book was everywhere. What made me go ahead and pick out the audiobook was becaus ...more
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This was an epic, epic book. Ready Player One is pretty much an anthology of all the pop culture references from the 1980s.
I tackled this book in a hybrid form. I snagged the audiobook from my online library without really knowing what it was about - I just knew the book was everywhere. What made me go ahead and pick out the audiobook was becaus ...more
Wade Watts lives in 2045 and the only thing to do in life is play in the Oasis. This is a virtual reality universe. He goes to school there, he hangs with his friends there and he plays THE GAME there. James Halliday invented the Oasis and leaves THE GAME to determine who will inherit his fortune.
This story is Wade's experiences playing THE GAME. Sometimes the story stops so the author can word vomit piles of 1980's trivia - not my favorite part, and I lived through the 80's. Other than being bu ...more
This story is Wade's experiences playing THE GAME. Sometimes the story stops so the author can word vomit piles of 1980's trivia - not my favorite part, and I lived through the 80's. Other than being bu ...more
excellent book sometimes you need to get away from reality when everything is just a crappy mess but when being in virtual reality can get you killed in reality where the heck can you hide.... such a fabulous and exciting ride from reality into virtual reality and you do not miss a beat gripping and the oasis pulls you I.
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My first thought was that this book was a redo of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory for a new generation... Okay, in the end, it wasn't. The book wasn't bad -- lots of 80s references, neat online jargon and science fiction detail, interesting characters. I didn't particularly like the characters' relationships, though or that the book was just another big bad corporation versus really good little people story. I was really hoping for something more nuanced than that. Again, not a horrible bo
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Very fun book to read. Debut novel by this author was well done, will read the next book he writes.
Jul 20, 2013
Zakiya LadyWings
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