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If you like stuff from the 1980s or video games you will love this book. If you love adventure you will love this book. I'm not a sci-fi person but found this book hard to put down. Wade is an 18 year old boy that doesn't have much of a life in 2045. He prefers life in OASIS an online gaming system / alternate life. He even attends school on this system. There is a fortune to win and Wade along with others including an evil corporation are on the hunt to control OASIS. Ernest Cline does a great
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I would never have read this book on my own. My son's new college gave it to all incoming freshmen to read before arriving at school to give them something in common. This made me curious.
It is a fun read. The sci-fi world mixes a futuristic American society following a sad and severe decline and a virtual reality. It is smart and very original. ...more
It is a fun read. The sci-fi world mixes a futuristic American society following a sad and severe decline and a virtual reality. It is smart and very original. ...more
The local librarian recommended this book to me and it also came up as a give away on Good reads so I added it to my to read shelf. I had a birthday recently and my daughter saw this book on my to read list an bought it for me. The book starts out telling you what is going to happen (a very dangerous move in my opinion) and then it happens but the catch is the book is so well written that you want to hear every detail and you cant quit reading until you have completed the book. It is right up th
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