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Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)

Ernest Cline

Start date: August 1, 2013

Finish date: August 30, 2013

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~2013 Monthly Book Discussions~

July 2013: The Shadow of the Wind (Book 1 of 2)
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August 2013: Ready Player One
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Apr 11, 2012 Stacey rated it it was amazing

Brilliant! What a ride. Growing up in the 80's, this was a pleasure to read and trigger memories long lost of TV shows, music, video games and personalities. ...more

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Apr 10, 2014 alana rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: teachers-and-pupils, post-collegiate-favs, dystopia, fantasy, sci-fi, reread

Oh, how I love this book! I’ve recently been revisiting all my neo favorite novels in audiobook format. Having just reunited with my personal library, I was looking forward to rereading Ready Player One but decided to try listening to it instead. I’ve only embraced nerdery in the past few years which explains why I recognized the vocal stylizing of Wil Wheaton as Fawkes from The Guild but still didn’t realize we was Wesley Crusher. Regardless, Wheaton brings to life the saga of Wade Watts and hi ...more

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Feb 23, 2012 Em rated it it was ok

I enjoyed this book when I first read it. It was fun & appealed to my nostalgic nerdy heart. I rated it highly because of the ridiculous fun factor & moved on.

Then the hype for the movie began.

I started to think about the book in terms of nerd-culture overall, in terms of GamerGate. The idea that somehow people are less than because they don’t appreciate what you do, how much you do, or the same way you do... or that because they don’t look like you or behave like you they can’t possibly enjoy s ...more

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May 31, 2012 Marcia rated it really liked it

Shelves: audiobook

It was an enjoyable read with all the 80s name dropping and the universe building (universe within a universe) - pretty great stuff. I listened to the audiobook and it was amusing to hear the references to the reader and other authors. If you enjoy Cory Doctorow, this book may be up your alley too.

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Aug 22, 2015 Neesha rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fantasy-sci-fi, all-time-favorites

This book is amazing! It has everything you could want even for those who aren't "into" the sci-fi genre. I highly recommend this and particularly for geeks like me who are of the 1980s. ...more

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