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Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)

Ernest Cline

Start date: April 1, 2018

Finish date: April 30, 2018

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Oct 06, 2017 Audrey rated it liked it

Shelves: audiobooks, science-fiction, 2017-books

about 3.5 stars
It was mostly good, but there are some things to nitpick.

In the future, the real world sucks, so most people spend their time in virtual reality. The creator of this world (a year or two older than I) grew up in the 80s, and when he dies, he leaves his fortune to whoever can find the “easter egg” he’s hidden in the world. This results in a big resurgence of 80s culture. There is a lot of 80s nostalgia here, which is fun, but some references are to things after the 80s.

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Jan 29, 2017 Maddie rated it it was amazing

Holy shit this book is totally incredible!! The twists, the action, the complexity of it all! I loved the concept of the OASIS, the way that it was set up, all of the real games and real movies and books and songs and everything. I just wished I knew the 80s so that I could relate more. Finding out that (view spoiler) That was a totally jaw-dropping moment. And also the moment wh ...more

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Aug 31, 2017 Ivy rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: published-in-2012, checked-out-from-library, 2017-rgc

This book was chosen for me by Rebekah for the A Million More Pages POFM - August 2017.

5 stars

A very good book. Will have to re-read some time.

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Feb 02, 2017 ★Codie Abibliophobic ★ rated it really liked it

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A nerdgasm- John Scalzi

The above sentence abridges Ready Player One, quite nicely. Ready Player One is not for everyone. However, I cannot give a simple description of the person(s) it’d be geared toward. On the one hand, it’s overloaded with 80’s paraphernalia, from movies to music, and, obviously, video games, but it’s strictly the nerdiest topics in the 80’s. Then there’s the dystopian element, although it’s not heavily engrained within the novel, yet quite nec ...more

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Feb 15, 2017 Dale rated it it was amazing

Shelves: culture, ya, skimmbookclub, coming_of_age, sci-fi

By FAR the most fun book I've read in I don't know how long. It's like "The Goonies"-meets-"The Hunger Games"-meets-"Freaks and Geeks" is the absolutely best possible way. Uber-geeks are the new rock stars, if this book and Ernest Cline is any indicator. Read it - you'll love it and towards the end you'll be dying to know how it works out but also unhappy that you'll actually be done reading it because it's so enjoyable. ...more

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Jul 05, 2014 Kris V rated it it was amazing

This was an unexpected joy of a read on the beach in Puerto Vallarta, Mexicol I can't believe how many pop references there are in every single paragraph, FORGET page. Was there a lesson? Live for yourself, maybe. But I think I personally knew that one already. It's good to be reminded that no one is going to believe in what you do or who you are more than yourself - so do what only you can do/make/be.
Definitely a book I'd like to gift to a couple friends. ...more

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