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Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)

Ernest Cline

Start date: February 1, 2020

Finish date: February 29, 2020

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Jul 03, 2015 Jennifer rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: science-fiction, dystopia, audiobook, technology

Ready Player One is one of those books that won't stick in your mind forever, but it is just plain fun. It tells the story of Wade, who is trying to win the greatest video game contest ever created: a contest for the entire life savings and holdings of James Halliday, the creator of the Oasis. The Oasis is essentially an MMO turned into real-life, similar to the Net in Tad Williams' "Otherland" series, albeit far less sinister. You can attend school in the Oasis, buy things in the Oasis, even or ...more

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May 31, 2020 Tetty Marlinda rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: owned-book, translated-books, movie-tv-tie-in, 2018-tbr, tomorrow-is-a-mystery, 2020

#89 - 2020
Genre: YA Science Fiction

Kalau mau baca buku ini, kalian harus jadi penggemar games dan paham budaya tahun 80-an. Karena saya suka main games, saya juga kenal budaya 80s, masa kecil saya pas di tahun 80-an (ehm... tua yah).

Berawal dari meninggalnya James Halliday, salah satu pendiri OASIS, yang meninggalkan surat wasiat yang menyatakan bahwa dia akan meninggalkan seluruh warisannya dan OASIS bagi yang bisa menemukan Easter Egg di games OASIS. Warisan yang bernilai wow banget itu tentu ...more

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Dec 21, 2013 Kim Nardi rated it really liked it

Very fun book to read. Debut novel by this author was well done, will read the next book he writes.

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May 15, 2022 Keri rated it really liked it

Shelves: owned, duologies, series-in-progress, 2022-12-from-my-shelves

4.5 stars, loved this! Rare case of me watching the movie before the book, and also of enjoying both. I did wait a couple years after seeing the movie so it wasn’t all fresh in my mind. I loved all the 80s references and could not put this down it was so good.

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