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Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)

Ernest Cline

Start date: March 1, 2012

Finish date: March 24, 2012

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May 09, 2012 Jose Solis rated it really liked it

Al leer este libro no pude evitar sentir como si estuviera dedicado a mí. Al igual que el autor (y Halliday), yo también viví mi adolescencia en los 80s y disfruté enormemente la gran cantidad de referencias a música, series de TV, anime, cómics, videojuegos, películas, etc, que tapizan esta historia.

La historia se deja leer muy bien y no te suelta hasta el final. En un futuro distópico (alrededor del 2050) un adolescente huérfano se escapa de sus circunstancias, al igual que la mayoría de la po ...more

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Sep 09, 2012 Charlotte rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Even though I usually find watching other people playing video games very boring, reading about it proved much more entertaining. I avoided being nostalgia-bombed by being neither an 80s kid nor an American, but still every now and then a reference hit home. The book certainly has its faults (some deus-ex-machina action - or should we call them cheats?), but in the end I was thoroughly entertained. Just what you'd expect from a good game. ...more

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Apr 23, 2012 J rated it it was amazing

Shelves: science-fiction

All-time favorite.

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Oct 24, 2012 Dana rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: sci-fi-fantasy, genre-schmanre

Diverting. Admittedly, I'm a bit too young for the 80's nostalgia to charm me past some of the weaker points (I'm more Donkey Kong than PacMan), but all in all, it was an entertaining read. The backdrop to the lighthearted pop culture references was a chilling vision of the near future that seems not so far-fetched.

I really love this cover, too. My compliments to the artist and designer! ...more

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