RPO: Ready Player One is for Newbies

[Jenny (Reading Envy)]

The prequel idea is interesting, but reminds me a bit of Oryx and Crake without the collapse of the human race.

[Ryan]

Reading opinions like this was part of the reason I delayed reading it until now. I just bought it yesterday and have now finished it. AWESOME. I should have known I could trust this pick.

Was it a little like a YA. sure maybe, but who cares, nothing wrong with a good YA, especially ones like this and the hunger games, and I am not a serial killer. Its dytopian future really started coming together as you go along, and is pretty impresive.

Its a good fast paced story that grabs you and doesnt let go. Also as long as you are aware that the eighties existed your fine, any more information you have about the time period just adds flavor.

[Steve]

Jenny wrote: "Lepton wrote: "I didn't find it particularly enjoyable as I was often shouting at Wil Wheaton to get on with it already"

Aha! Well Lepton, I highly recommend listening at 2x speed. Wheaton is dr..."3x is my preferred poison :)

I enjoyed the book as a light jaunt into 80's nostalgia.

[Al]

Mark Frauenfelder comparing the book to the likes of Neuromancer and To Your Scattered Bodies Go is what piqued my interest in the book. Like some others here I was disappointed in what I feel is Ready Player Ones lack of sophistication. That said it was a breezy, fun read, but I feel like it has been oversold by some.

[Chad]

Sodon wrote: I found myself wishing the story was about Halliday and his friend, and their strugglss to build the Oasis, what that meant for their relationship(s) and humanity in general. I would have loved to see how the future Earth culture played into that as well. And surely such a story would have been able to keep the references?

That would be interesting. Maybe a prequel? (with deeper characterizations?)

Wasn't a lot of that already done in Reamde? People hated that because they wanted more in the online world.