Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Ready Player One was incredibly fun, especially if you grew up during the 70's and 80's. It is full of pop culture references that will take you back to those days. It is obvious that Cline has a fondness for that era.
The story takes place about 20 years in our future and the respite many have from real life is the Oasis. A highly realistic virtual reality where you create an Avatar that essentially acts for you. The Oasis has changed life as we know it and almost every function of society is ran through it.
Created by a Bill Gates\Steve Jobs like person named James Halliday, it is massive consisting of thousands of worlds. It is also worth billions and billions of dollars. Upon his death, Halliday sets into motion a quest to solve puzzles and if you are clever enough to win, inherit all that Halliday left.
Needless to say it is a prize worth killing for and a rival tech company has devoted it's existence to taking control of the Oasis and highly monetizing it, unlike Halliday who has made it virtually free for all, the only cost being .50 cents.
The story involves Wade Wyatt who as his avatar, Parzival, is one if millions if "Gutters" who are trying to figure the puzzle.
This is a spoiler free review. Just read this and enjoy it. A truly imaginitive work. Brilliantly rendered.







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