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Ready Player One, by Ernest Cline

It’s the year 2044 and Parzival’s world is a beautiful place. It’s a sprawling universe where one can buy anything, be anyone, and do anything – slay a dragon, pilot a Firefly or X-Wing, visit the Matrix, fall in love, make your fortune, lose your fortune, or simply escape. Escaping is what most of humanity is doing in the real world – a planet swallowed up by abject poverty. Famine, war, riots, and the global energy crisis have turned our planet into hollow and drear place.

The OASIS is the ultimate video game and most people lose themselves in this virtual reality utopia. For Wade Watt’s, he spends his time jacked into the OASIS as Parzival hunting for the ultimate Easter Egg. When OASIS creator James Halliday died he put his $240 Billion fortune up for grabs to whoever can solve his riddle and claim his Egg as their own. All anyone knows is that the answer lies hidden in ‘80s Pop-Culture. The contest pits Wade and his friends against each other, other hunters, and an evil multi-national corporation bent on winning Halliday’s fortune.

Ready Player One is rip-roaring, nerdtastic romp through the world of geekdom. It’s a story of love, hope, honor, perseverance, and coming-of-age. It takes the reader on a whirlwind ride through a bleak, advanced near-future America and pays overzealous homage to the Pop-Culture of the ‘80s, Videogames, Sci-fi and Fantasy, Music, Movies, Books, Infinity, and Beyond. You’ll find nods to Doctor Who, Harry Potter, Ender’s Game, HG2G, Star Wars, D&D… He leaves nothing untouched.

This is the ultimate Nerd book brought to you by the screenwriter of Fanboys, Ernie Cline. If you have even a little bit of a nerd in you then grab a book, pop in your quarter, and play.

Ready Player One…