Ready Player One

by Ernest Cline

Three hidden keys open three secret gates Wherein the errant will be tested for worthy traits And those with the skill to survive these straits Will reach The End where the prize awaits

Being human totally sucks most of the time. Videogames are the only thing that make life bearable.

It was the dawn of new era, one where most of the human race now spent all of their free time inside a videogame.

I’m not crazy about reality, but it’s still the only place to get a decent meal. –Groucho Marx

“No one in the world ever gets what they want and that is beautiful.”

My haptic suit did its best to simulate the sensation of torrents of falling water striking my body, but it felt more like someone pounding on my head, shoulders, and back with a bundle of sticks.

Going outside is highly overrated.

“Dude, you have balls of solid adamantium,” Aech said. “Respect.”

It wasn’t a horse. It was a man banging two coconut halves together. Then I knew where I was. Inside the first scene of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Another of Halliday’s favorite films, and perhaps the most-beloved geek film of all time.

THIS MADE ME SO HAPPY THAT MONTY PYTHON WAS IN IT, I WAS RECITING THE FILM ALONG WITH HIM