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Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)

Ernest Cline

Start date: June 20, 2013

Finish date: July 1, 2013

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May 18, 2012 Erin rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites

I'm not, and will likely never be, a gamer. However that did not keep me from loving this book (read it in about a day, starting late afternoon on a flight to Dallas and finished up at the hotel-I just couldn't stay away from it!). I'm guessing most children of the 80s will find something great here. It's part science-fiction, part puzzle mystery (a genre I adore and don't see nearly enough of), part love story, part pop-culture treatise and all absolutely fun and wonderful. Kudos to the author ...more

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Jan 24, 2013 Casey rated it it was amazing

Shelves: the-not-so-serious-lit, dear-ones, audiobook

Does this book deserve five stars? Objectively, maybe not. Does it deserve to be in my "dear ones" shelf, along with the most perfect book of all time, Anna Karenina? Objectively, probably not. But it's my rating system, and I can do whatever I want, so I'm giving this book five stars and put in on my favorites shelf because it's so freaking awesome.

This is filled with 80's references, which didn't feel too obscure to me (caveat: I pretty much watch an insane amount of movies, listen to an insan ...more

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Jun 14, 2012 🥀 Rose 🥀 rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fantasy, adventure-action, science-fiction, dystopian-speculative-fiction

Tempted to add a new shelf "geeky books"!

This was an absolute treat. I loved this book. It's set in the not too distant future where are world is, of course, bleak. No one wants to really hang out it in especially those who are socially akward. Alas, we have OASIS, the virtual world where people can all escape to. Talk about drop out and tune in, this literally does for folks.

Our protagonist is an 18 year old geek who loves all the nerdy standards, comics, fantasy, sci-fi, dungeons and dragons ...more

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Aug 27, 2012 Michael Logan rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I haven't read a book this quickly in a long time. I was supposed to be reading In Cold Blood for my book club. When I went on to buy it for my kindle, I picked up Ready Player One at the same time. Then I had a sneaky glance at the first chapter, just to see what the fuss was about. Then I spent the weekend snatching every spare minute, letting my kids lie in their own filth (okay, a slight exaggeration), while I raced through it.

This is not a deep book. It is not a powerful book. But, like the ...more

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Dec 02, 2011 Jarrod rated it liked it

It was a fun read, but not the best written book. The characters were a bit flat. The concept was solid but the writing to that concept was all over the place. The author couldn't decide whether he wanted a wild romp through the 80s, or to write a love story, or to write a dystopian future story. The book jumps back and forth between these three elements and when it does that, the context shifting is jarring.

There's a lot of interesting things to be explored in this story, and a lot of places an ...more

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Jun 03, 2012 D rated it it was ok

Man, if you are an 80s nerd trivia nut, this is the book for you. Otherwise it's a nice, fairly predictable teen sci-fi. ...more

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Feb 26, 2012 Selena Calingo rated it it was amazing

I may be biased, but the 80s was the best decade for movies, music, and video games. This book was a great homage to that time while still being a great sci-fi gamer adventure. Bonus points because the author was born same year I was!

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Apr 14, 2015 Belinda rated it liked it · review of another edition

it was an entertaining read, not the best read ever, but good. I felt like the author spent a lot of time world building and reminiscing on 80s nerd culture. sigh. I am glad i read it and do think others would enjoy the story.

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