Ready Player One: A Unusual

Ready Player One: A Unusual

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Newsletter 365 days: 2012 Arena: Science Fiction
Language: English Layout: Paperback, Paperback
ISBN:

9780307887443

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9780307887443

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Synopsis
As we tell wildly long-established and filled with irresistible nostalgia, READY PLAYER ONE is a spectacularly fashion-busting, ambitious, and charming debut-share quest unusual, share be pleased tale, and share virtual house opera role in a universe the save spell-slinging mages war huge Japanese robots, total planets are impressed by Blade Runner, and flying DeLoreans kind gentle droop. It be the yr 2044, and the true world is an grotesque bid. Love most of humanity, Wade Watts escapes his grim atmosphere by spending his waking hours jacked into the OASIS, a sprawling virtual utopia that enables you to be the relaxation you select to must be, a bid the save it’s probably you’ll perchance maybe dwell and play and tumble in be pleased on any of ten thousand planets. And like most of humanity, Wade dreams of being the one to peek the last lottery tag that lies concealed within this virtual world. For somewhere internal this huge networked playground, OASIS creator James Halliday has hidden a collection of fiendish puzzles that will yield huge fortune-and excellent vitality-to whoever can unlock them. For years, thousands and thousands agree with struggled fruitlessly to achieve this prize, shiny fully that Halliday’s riddles are primarily based fully within the pop tradition he cherished-that of the gradual twentieth century. And for years, thousands and thousands agree with discovered on this quest one other manner of smash out, taking flight into joyful, obsessive focus on about of Halliday’s icons. Love many of his contemporaries, Wade is as joyful debating the finer aspects of John Hughes’s oeuvre, playing Pac-Man, or reciting Devo lyrics as he is scrounging vitality to flee his OASIS rig. After which Wade stumbles upon the first puzzle. Without be aware the final world is searching at, and thousands of competitors be a half of the hunt-among them certain out of the ordinary gamers who’re moving to commit very true extinguish to beat Wade to this prize. Now the fully methodology for Wade to continue to exist and retain the full lot he knows is to comprehend. But to kind so, he may perchance furthermore simply agree with to circulation away within the encourage of his oh-so-ideal virtual existence and withstand existence-and be pleased-within the true world he’s always been so eager to interrupt out. An global at stake. A quest for the last prize. Are you ready? Within the yr 2044, reality is an grotesque bid. The fully time teenage Wade Watts surely feels alive is when he’s jacked into the virtual utopia known because the OASIS. Wade’s devoted his existence to studying the puzzles hidden within this world’s digital confines-puzzles that are in line with their creator’s obsession with the pop tradition of decades previous and that promise huge vitality and fortune to whoever can unlock them. But when Wade stumbles upon the first clue, he finds himself beset by gamers moving to abolish to purchase this last prize. The urge is on, and if Wade’s going to continue to exist, he’ll agree with to comprehend-and confront the true world he’s always been so eager to interrupt out. Filled with irresistible nostalgia, a spectacularly fashion-busting, ambitious, and charming debut that is share quest, share be pleased tale, and share virtual house opera role in a universe the save spell-slinging mages war huge Japanese robots and flying DeLoreans. Within the yr 2044, reality is an grotesque bid. The fully time teenage Wade Watts surely feels alive is when he’s jacked into the virtual utopia known because the OASIS. Wade’s devoted his existence to studying the puzzles hidden within this world’s digital confines puzzles that are in line with their creator’s obsession with the pop tradition of decades previous and that promise huge vitality and fortune to whoever can unlock them. But when Wade stumbles upon the first clue, he finds himself beset by gamers moving to abolish to purchase this last prize. The urge is on, and if Wade’s going to continue to exist, he’ll agree with to comprehend and confront the true world he’s always been so eager to interrupt out.

Product Identifiers
ISBN-10 0307887448
ISBN-13 9780307887443
eBay Product ID (ePID) 110865096

Key Minute print
Author Ernest Cline
Quantity Of Pages 384 pages
Layout Paperback / Paperback
Newsletter Date 2012-06-05
Language English
Publisher Crown/Archetype
Newsletter 365 days 2012

Extra Minute print
Copyright Date 2011

Dimensions
Weight 10.3 Ounces19459034]
Top 0.8 In.
Width 5.2 In.
Length 7.9 In.

Target Viewers
Neighborhood Alternate

Classification Formulation
LCCN 2012-374530
LC Classification Quantity PS3603.L548R43 2011b
Dewey Decimal 813/.6
Dewey Edition 23

Opinions
“The science-fiction creator John Scalzi has aptly referred to READY PLAYER ONE as a “nerdgasm” [and] there may perchance furthermore very wisely be no better one-discover description of this ardent delusion artifact about delusion culture
But Mr. Cline is willing to incorporate his favourite toys and video games into a beautifully accessible yarn.”-Janet Maslin, The Unusual York Cases “Triggers recollections and emotions embedded within the psyche of a technology…[Cline crafts] a fresh and imaginative world from our old toy box, and finds significance in there among the collectibles. A-“-Leisure Weekly “A most ravishing ride
the conceit is a desirable one, and we fortunately root for [the heroes] on their quest
fully satisfying.”- Boston Globe “Enchanting
 Willy Wonka meets the Matrix . This unusual no doubt qualifies Cline because the most up up to now geek on the earth factual now. [But] you don”t can agree with to be a geek to safe it.”- USA This day ” Ridiculously fun and natty-hearted, and you don”t must be acutely aware the Reagan administration to love it
[Cline] takes a some distance-out premise and engages the reader instantly
You”ll wish it’s probably you’ll furthermore extinguish it scoot on and on.”-NPR.org “A fun, comic and fabulously animated first novel
This unusual”s natty dose of Eighties trivialities is a delight
[but] even readers who want Google to call Commodore 64 or Inky, Blinky, Pinky and Clyde, will experience this memorabilian feast.”- Cleveland Clear-carve Seller “The grown-up”s ”Harry Potter’
the mystery and delusion on this unusual weaves itself within the most delectable methodology, and the particulars that extinguish up Mr. Cline”s world are simply nice. READY PLAYER ONE has it all.”- Huffington Put up “Extremely entertaining
Drawing on the full lot from “Reduction to the Future” to Roald Dahl to Neal Stephenson”s groundbreaking “Snow Wreck,” Cline has made READY PLAYER ONE a geek fantasia, ”80s tradition memoir and commentary on the fashion forward for online habits right this moment.”- Austin American-Statesman “READY PLAYER ONE is the last lottery tag.”- Unusual York Every single day Data “This non-gamer cherished every web yell of READY PLAYER ONE.”-Charlaine Harris, #1 Unusual York Cases bestselling creator of the Sookie Stackhouse collection “A be pleased for anybody already nostalgic for the gradual twentieth century. . . But it’s furthermore a huge read for anybody who likes a glowing ebook.”-Wired.com “Gorgeously geeky, beautifully animated, this surely is a spectacularly winning debut.”- Every single day Mail (UK) “A gunshot of fun with a depraved sense of timing and a forged of characters that you just”re pumping your fist within the air with whenever they succeed. I haven”t been this a lot on the edge of my seat for an ending in years.”- Chicago Reader “A rollicking, surprise-weighted down, potboiling, thrilling adventure story
. I cherished every sentence of this ebook”-Heed Frauenfelder, BoingBoing “A ”frakking” glowing read [featuring] unparalleled ingenious ingredient 
 I grinned on the sheer audacity of Cline”s imagination.”- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ” [A] unparalleled web yell-turner
.READY PLAYER ONE may perchance furthermore very wisely be science fiction, nonetheless it”s furthermore written for folks who agree with by no manner picked up an SF unusual of their lives
”-Annalee Newitz, io9.com “Appealing and imaginative
It”s non-quit action when avid gamers must navigate artful puzzles and outwit obvious enemies in a virtual world in yell to place a true one. Readers are in for a wild hump.”-Terry Brooks, #1 Unusual York Cases bestselling creator of the Shannara collection “I became blown away by this book
A ebook of tips, a potboiler, a sport-within-a-unusual, a basic science-fiction legend, a comic ebook pop tradition mash-upcall this unusual what you’re going to, nonetheless READY PLAYER ONE will defy every label you are attempting to rep on it. Here, finally, is that this technology’s Neuromancer.”-Will Lavender, Unusual York Cases bestselling creator of Dominance “I surely, surely cherished READY PLAYER ONE
Cline expertly mines a copious vein of Eighties pop tradition, catapulting the reader on a lightweight-droop adventure in an evolved nonetheless backward-taking a focus on about future.”- Daniel H. A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “The science-fiction creator John Scalzi has aptly referred to READY PLAYER ONE as a ”nerdgasm” [and] there may perchance furthermore very wisely be no better one-discover description of this ardent delusion artifact about delusion tradition…But Mr. Cline is willing to incorporate his favourite toys and video games into a beautifully accessible yarn.” –Janet Maslin, The Unusual York Cases “Triggers recollections and emotions embedded within the psyche of a technology…[Cline crafts] a fresh and imaginative world from our old toy box, and finds significance in there among the collectibles. ” –Leisure Weekly “A most ravishing hump…the arrogance is a desirable one, and we fortunately root for [the heroes] on their quest…fully satisfying.” — Boston Globe “Spicy… Willy Wonka meets the Matrix . This unusual no doubt qualifies Cline because the most up up to now geek on the earth factual now. [But] you don”t can agree with to be a geek to safe it.” — USA This day “An addictive read…share intergalactic scavenger hunt, share romance and all heart.” — CNN.com “An action-packed, extremely animated, nostalgic thrill hump thru the previous mixed with the likelihood and excitement of a no longer-too-distant future. It marries the fantastical world of Harry Potter with a contact of Orson Scott Card–the save delusion is reality, geeks are frigid, and the potentialities are never-ending.” — Unusual York Journal of Books ” Ridiculously fun and natty-hearted, and you don”t must be acutely aware the Reagan administration to prefer it…[Cline] takes a some distance-out premise and engages the reader straight…You”ll wish it’s probably you’ll furthermore extinguish it scoot on and on.” –NPR.org “A delirious, crypto-nerd fantasia…Filled with ”80s nostalgia and sugar-excessive prose, it”s ridiculous and addictive and fat of toy surprises.” –Village Snarl “A desirable, comic thriller that every celebrates and critiques online tradition…Layered with internal jokes and sly references.” –San Francisco Account “A fun, comic and fabulously animated first unusual…This unusual”s natty dose of Eighties trivialities is a delight…[but] even readers who want Google to call Commodore 64 or Inky, Blinky, Pinky and Clyde, will experience this memorabilian feast.” — Cleveland Clear-carve Seller “The grown-up”s ”Harry Potter”…the mystery and delusion on this unusual weaves itself within the most delectable methodology, and the particulars that extinguish up Mr. Cline”s world are simply nice. READY PLAYER ONE has it all.” — Huffington Put up “Must you save yourself as a nerd, geek, gamer, Eighties history buff, keen on science, delusion, or dystopian fiction, otaku, Eighties movie fan, romantic, someone who grew up within the Eighties, or a human with emotions–you’re going to experience Ready Player One. Must you save with two or extra of the above, it”s a guaranteed fresh favourite unusual.” — Sacramento Data & Overview “A latest-day fairy tale…so self-assured and titillating that it”s arduous to take into account of here’s his first unusual.” –Prolonged Island Press “Extremely animated…Drawing on the full lot from “Reduction to the Future” to Roald Dahl to Neal Stephenson”s groundbreaking “Snow Wreck,” Cline has made READY PLAYER ONE a geek fantasia, ”80s tradition memoir and commentary on the fashion forward for online habits right this moment.” — Austin American-Statesman “An exhilerating, unpredictable outing…Fragment Charlie and the Chocolate Manufacturing facility and share The Da Vinci Code with a wholesome dose of Tron .” –Asbury Park Press “READY PLAYER ONE is the last lottery tag.” — Unusual York Every single day Data “[Picture] the adventure comedy of Mike Opt”s Idiocracy meets South Park”s Imaginationland with a traipse of Willy Wonka, excluding the final cynicism has been replaced by sheer geeky be pleased. Grade: A.” –AVClub.com “A preposterously huge read and a richly imagined science-fiction world that makes employ of the very belief of nostalgia as a thematic jumping-off point…One in every of the true geek events of the yr.” –HitFix.com “This non-gamer cherished every web yell of READY PLAYER ONE. “The science-fiction creator John Scalzi has aptly referred to READY PLAYER ONE as a “nerdgasm” [and] there may perchance furthermore very wisely be no better one-discover description of this ardent delusion artifact about delusion tradition&But Mr. Cline is willing to incorporate his favourite toys and video games into a beautifully accessible yarn.”-Janet Maslin, The Unusual York Cases “Triggers recollections and emotions embedded within the psyche of a technology…[Cline crafts] a fresh and imaginative world from our old toy box, and finds significance in there among the collectibles. A-”-Leisure Weekly “A most ravishing hump&the arrogance is a desirable one, and we fortunately root for [the heros] on their quest&fully satisfying.”- Boston Globe “READY PLAYER ONE is the last lottery tag.”- Unusual York Every single day Data “This non-gamer cherished every web yell of READY PLAYER ONE.”-Charlaine Harris, #1 Unusual York Cases bestselling creator of the Sookie Stackhouse collection “A be pleased for anybody already nostalgic for the gradual twentieth century. . . But it’s furthermore a huge read for anybody who likes a glowing ebook.”-Wired.com “Gorgeously geeky, beautifully animated, this surely is a spectacularly winning debut.”- Every single day Mail (UK) “A gunshot of fun with a depraved sense of timing and a forged of characters that you just”re pumping your fist within the air with whenever they succeed. I haven”t been this a lot on the edge of my seat for an ending in years.”- Chicago Reader “A rollicking, surprise-weighted down, potboiling, thrilling adventure tale&. I cherished every sentence of this book”-Heed Frauenfelder, BoingBoing “A ”frakking” glowing read [featuring] unparalleled ingenious ingredient & I grinned on the sheer audacity of Cline”s imagination.”- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel “ [A] unparalleled web yell-turner&.READY PLAYER ONE may perchance furthermore very wisely be science fiction, nonetheless it”s furthermore written for folks who agree with by no manner picked up an SF unusual of their lives&”-Annalee Newitz, io9.com “Appealing and imaginative&It”s non-quit action when avid gamers must navigate artful puzzles and outwit obvious enemies in a virtual world in yell to place a true one. Readers are in for a wild hump.”-Terry Brooks, #1 Unusual York Cases bestselling creator of the Shannara collection “I became blown away by this ebook&A ebook of tips, a potboiler, a sport-within-a-unusual, a basic science-fiction legend, a comic ebook pop tradition mash-up–call this unusual what you’re going to, nonetheless READY PLAYER ONE will defy every label you are attempting to rep on it. Here, finally, is that this generation’s Neuromancer.”-Will Lavender, Unusual York Cases bestselling creator of Dominance “I surely, surely cherished READY PLAYER ONE&Cline expertly mines a copious vein of Eighties pop tradition, catapulting the reader on a lightweight-droop adventure in an evolved nonetheless backward-taking a focus on about future.”- Daniel H. Wilson, Unusual York Cases bestselling creator of Robopocalypse “A nerdgasm&imagine Dungeons and Dragons and an 80s video arcade made sizzling, sweet be pleased, and their baby became raised in Azeroth.”-John Scalzi, Unusual York Cases bestselling creator of Extinct Man’s War “Fully fricking awesome…This ebook joyful every geeky bone in my geeky physique. I felt prefer it became written factual for me.”-Patrick Rothfuss, #1 Unusual York Cases bestselling creator of The Clever Man’s Grief “An exuberantly realized, thrilling, and sweet-natured cyber-quest. Cline’s imaginative and rollicking coming-of-age geek saga has a crash-hit vibe.”- Booklist, starred overview “This adrenaline shot of uncut geekdom, a quest thru a virtual world, is loaded with ample Eighties nostalgia to please even the most devoted John Hughes fans& sweet, self-deprecating Wade, whose universe is an exclusive mix of the true previous and the virtual fresh, is the ideal lovable/no longer probably hero.”- Publishers Weekly, Fill of the Week “The science-fiction creator John Scalzi has aptly referred to READY PLAYER ONE as a “nerdgasm” [and] there may perchance furthermore very wisely be no better one-discover description of this ardent delusion artifact about delusion tradition&But Mr. Cline is willing to incorporate his favourite toys and video games into a beautifully accessible yarn.”-Janet Maslin, The Unusual York Cases “Triggers recollections and emotions embedded within the psyche of a technology…[Cline crafts] a fresh and imaginative world from our old toy box, and finds significance in there among the collectibles. A-”-Leisure Weekly “A most ravishing hump&the arrogance is a desirable one, and we fortunately root for [the heros] on their quest&fully satisfying.”- Boston Globe “READY PLAYER ONE is the last lottery tag.”- Unusual York Every single day Data “This non-gamer cherished every web yell of READY PLAYER ONE.”-Charlaine Harris, #1 Unusual York Cases bestselling creator of the Sookie Stackhouse collection “A be pleased for anybody already nostalgic for the gradual twentieth century. . . But it’s furthermore a huge read for anybody who likes a glowing ebook.”-Wired.com “Gorgeously geeky, beautifully animated, this surely is a spectacularly winning debut.”- Every single day Mail (UK) “A gunshot of fun with a depraved sense of timing and a forged of characters that you just”re pumping your fist within the air with whenever they succeed. I haven”t been this a lot on the edge of my seat for an ending in years.”- Chicago Reader “A rollicking, surprise-weighted down, potboiling, thrilling adventure tale&. I cherished every sentence of this ebook”-Heed Frauenfelder, BoingBoing “A ”frakking” glowing read [featuring] unparalleled ingenious ingredient & I grinned on the sheer audacity of Cline”s imagination.”- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel “ [A] unparalleled web yell-turner&.READY PLAYER ONE may perchance furthermore very wisely be science fiction, nonetheless it”s furthermore written for folks who agree with by no manner picked up an SF unusual of their lives&”-Annalee Newitz, io9.com “Appealing and imaginative&It”s non-quit action when avid gamers must navigate artful puzzles and outwit obvious enemies in a virtual world in yell to place a true one. Readers are in for a wild hump.”-Terry Brooks, #1 Unusual York Cases bestselling creator of the Shannara collection “I became blown away by this ebook&A ebook of tips, a potboiler, a sport-within-a-unusual, a basic science-fiction legend, a comic ebook pop tradition mash-up–call this unusual what you’re going to, nonetheless READY PLAYER ONE will defy every label you are attempting to rep on it. Here, finally, is that this technology’s Neuromancer.”-Will Lavender, Unusual York Cases bestselling creator of Dominance “I surely, surely cherished READY PLAYER ONE&Cline expertly mines a copious vein of Eighties pop tradition, catapulting the reader on a lightweight-droop adventure in an evolved nonetheless backward-taking a focus on about future.”- Daniel H. Wilson, Unusual York Cases bestselling creator of Robopocalypse “A nerdgasm&imagine Dungeons and Dragons and an 80s video arcade made sizzling, sweet be pleased, and their baby became raised in Azeroth.”-John Scalzi, Unusual York Cases bestselling creator of Extinct Man’s War “Fully fricking awesome…This ebook joyful every geeky bone in my geeky physique. I felt prefer it became written factual for me.”-Patrick Rothfuss, #1 Unusual York Cases bestselling creator of The Clever Man’s Grief “An exuberantly realized, thrilling, and sweet-natured cyber-quest. Cline’s imaginative and rollicking coming-of-age geek saga has a crash-hit vibe.”- Booklist, starred overview “This adrenaline shot of uncut geekdom, a quest thru a virtual world, is loaded with ample Eighties nostalgia to please even the most devoted John Hughes fans& sweet, self-deprecating Wade, whose universe is an exclusive mix of the true previous and the virtual fresh, is the ideal lovable/no longer probably hero.”- Publishers Weekly, Fill of the Week

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