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Ready Player One
A love letter to pop culture wrapped inside the world's biggest video game.
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| Author | Ernest Cline |
| Year | 2011 |
The Book in 3 Sentences
- In a bleak near-future world, most people spend their lives inside the OASIS, a massive virtual reality universe. When its creator dies, he leaves behind a hidden contest: whoever solves his 1980s pop-culture puzzle will inherit his fortune and control of the OASIS. The story follows Wade Watts, a poor teenager trying to win the hunt. Wade becomes a “gunter,” studying old games, movies, music, and nerd culture to decode the clues, while competing against other players and a powerful corporation that wants to control the OASIS for profit.
- I like the world that it portrayed, filled with 80s puzzle pieces with cultural references that I can go down the rabbit hole to learn about the “American pop culture”.
- The keyword here was “fun”. It was fun to read.