Ready Player One

Ernest Cline

Aug. 2011 · Random House

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*THE BOOK BEHIND THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY STEVEN SPIELBERG*

'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
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A world at stake. A quest for the ultimate prize. Are you ready?

It's the year 2044, and the real world has become an ugly place. We're out of oil. We've wrecked the climate. Famine, poverty, and disease are widespread.

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. 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.

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 then Wade stumbles onto the key to the first puzzle.

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.
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***** 'I had the feeling while reading this book that it was written expressly for me. This is my childhood captured.'

Bewertungen und Rezensionen

Der Hauptcharakter verkommt leider zu einer Mary Sue die jegliche Spannung verhindert. Jedes Spiel, jeden Film, jedes Musikstück hat er absolut gemeistert. Es gibt keinerlei Herausforderung für ihn. Keine wirkliche Aufgabe. Außer der Plot verlangt es so. Aber den nächsten Film hat er bereits wieder 86 mal gesehen etc.. Kein Charakter in den ich mich hinein versetzen kann. Die Grundidee ist allerdings ganz nett.

If I could actually read it. Google Books for some reason isnt capable of loading the damn thing and if Im lucky and it does, it cuts of the text on one page and just continues it on the next.For me, its impossible to read because of technical difficulties. Aside the fact that Play Books updates itself like five times a day, it should at least fucking work when I want to use it.

Great read, fun references and an entertaining story, that pulls you through to the end. It is a bit predictable but the whole geek stuff more than makes up for that. If you are into computer games or spent time in the eighties, go for it. Hit that button and enter this book that almost feels like a great game.

Autoren-Profil

Ernest Cline is a #1 New York Times bestselling novelist, screenwriter, and full-time geek. He is the author of the novels Ready Player One and Armada and co-screenwriter of the film adaptation of Ready Player One, directed by Steven Spielberg. His books have been published in over fifty countries and have spent more than 100 weeks on The New York Times bestsellers list. He lives in Austin, Texas, with his family, a time-traveling DeLorean, and a large collection of classic video games.