![]() ![]() ![]() But it's also a great read for anyone who likes a good book." - Wired "A treasure for anyone already nostalgic for the late twentieth century. #READY PLAYER ONE PIRATE SERIES#" -Charlaine Harris, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse series ![]() Drawing on everything from Back to the Future to Roald Dahl to Neal Stephenson's groundbreaking Snow Crash, Cline has made Ready Player One a geek fantasia, '80s culture memoir and commentary on the future of online behavior all at once." - Austin American-Statesman " Ready Player One is the ultimate lottery ticket." - New York Daily News "This non-gamer loved every page of Ready Player One. even readers who need Google to identify Commodore 64 or Inky, Blinky, Pinky and Clyde, will enjoy this memorabilian feast." - Cleveland Plain Dealer "Incredibly entertaining. This novel's large dose of 1980s trivia is a delight. ![]() "A fun, funny and fabulously entertaining first novel. Cline is able to incorporate his favorite toys and games into a perfectly accessible narrative." -Janet Maslin, The New York Times "The science-fiction writer John Scalzi has aptly referred to Ready Player One as a 'nerdgasm' there can be no better one-word description of this ardent fantasy artifact about fantasy culture. _ If you loved READY PLAYER ONE and can't wait for more, check out ARMADA, Ernest Cline's geek masterpiece! 'Wildly original and stuffed with irresistible nostalgia, Ready Player One is a spectacularly genre-busting, ambitious, and charming debut' Independent 'Part intergalactic scavenger hunt, part romance, and all heart' CNN 'Ernest Cline's novel deserves to be a modern classic' SciFiNow 'Gorgeously geeky, superbly entertaining, this really is a spectacularly successful debut' Daily Mail Suddenly, he finds himself pitted against thousands of competitors in a desperate race to claim the ultimate prize, a chase that soon takes on terrifying real-world dimensions - and that will leave both Wade and his world profoundly changed. And then Wade stumbles onto the key to the first puzzle. For years, millions have struggled fruitlessly to attain this prize, knowing only that the riddles are based in the culture of the late twentieth century. And like most of humanity, Wade is obsessed by the ultimate lottery ticket that lies concealed within this alternate reality: OASIS founder James Halliday, who dies with no heir, has promised that control of the OASIS - and his massive fortune - will go to the person who can solve the riddles he has left scattered throughout his creation. Like most of humanity, Wade Watts escapes this depressing reality by spending his waking hours jacked into the OASIS, a sprawling virtual utopia where you can be anything you want to be, where you can live and play and fall in love on any of ten thousand planets. Famine, poverty, and disease are widespread. Are you ready? It's the year 2044, and the real world has become an ugly place. PRE-ORDER NOW - READY PLAYER TWO : THE SEQUEL _ THE BOOK BEHIND THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY STEVEN SPIELBERG Now available for the first time in a beautiful hardback edition, perfect for hardcore fans and collectors A world at stake. ![]()
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