Title:
Ready player one
Ready player one
Author:
Ernest Cline
Ernest Cline
★★★★☆
4 out of 5 stars
It's the year 2044, and the real world is an ugly place.
Like most of humanity, Wade Watts escapes his grim surroundings by spending his waking hours jacked into the OASIS, a sprawling virtual utopia that lets you be anything you want to be, a place where you can live and play and fall in love on any of ten thousand planets.
And like most of humanity, Wade dreams of being the one to discover the ultimate lottery ticket that lies concealed within this virtual world. For years, millions have struggled fruitlessly to attain this prize, knowing only that Halliday's riddles are based in the pop culture he loved — that of the late twentieth century.
And then Wade stumbles upon the first puzzle. Suddenly the whole world is watching, and thousands of competitors join the hunt — among them certain powerful players who are willing to commit very real murder to beat Wade to this prize.
Like most of humanity, Wade Watts escapes his grim surroundings by spending his waking hours jacked into the OASIS, a sprawling virtual utopia that lets you be anything you want to be, a place where you can live and play and fall in love on any of ten thousand planets.
And like most of humanity, Wade dreams of being the one to discover the ultimate lottery ticket that lies concealed within this virtual world. For years, millions have struggled fruitlessly to attain this prize, knowing only that Halliday's riddles are based in the pop culture he loved — that of the late twentieth century.
And then Wade stumbles upon the first puzzle. Suddenly the whole world is watching, and thousands of competitors join the hunt — among them certain powerful players who are willing to commit very real murder to beat Wade to this prize.
This book was just so fun to read, it has its ups and downs but absolutely fun for someone who was either born in the eighties or has been active in virtal worlds such as second life (guilty of both!).
I have to admit the main reason why i liked this book was because it makes you think, I found myself feeling pity for all the gunters (egg hunters), thinking "but why would you waste your whole life learning, memorizing every single thing there is to memorize about the 80's pop culture, what happens after someone claims the prize? what if you don't develop any set of skills? is it really worth the try?
And then I went further: how long until we get to the same point? Cause we are certainly getting there, virtual/online communications are becoming more important each day, we are replacing physical presence with online presence.
I have to admit the main reason why i liked this book was because it makes you think, I found myself feeling pity for all the gunters (egg hunters), thinking "but why would you waste your whole life learning, memorizing every single thing there is to memorize about the 80's pop culture, what happens after someone claims the prize? what if you don't develop any set of skills? is it really worth the try?
And then I went further: how long until we get to the same point? Cause we are certainly getting there, virtual/online communications are becoming more important each day, we are replacing physical presence with online presence.
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