Written By Ernest Cline
Release Date:June 05, 2012
Ready Player One is one of the most intriguing books we’ve ever read, you won’t be able to put it down once you pick it up. Set in the not so distant future, the world has gone to hell (go figure). Not only is the world gone to hell, the main form of human contact is through virtual reality headset and gloves ,(for those that can’t afford a body suit), on a world wide internet program called OASIS. The OASIS is a sprawling virtual utopia where you can be anyone or anything you want to be, and go places that is only limited by one’s imagination.
Enter Wade Wiggs, average geek from the stacks (a trailer park where each trailer is stacked on top of another to make space), who dreams of being the winner of the worlds largest lottery prize, James Halliday Easter Egg. Confused? (non-gaming bums). James Halliday, mastermind and creator of OASIS, has hidden an Easter Egg, (a series of hellacious puzzles that will unlock special content in a game, for you non gaming folk) and leave a massive fortune to whoever finds it. Like set for life and the next million generations fortune.
For years, millions have attempted to find the first gate, and none have succeeded, that is until Wade Wiggs stumbles on it by chance. Now the world is watching, and a group of greedy bastards are attempting to cheat their way to the Egg and squander the fortune. No only are they willing to cheat, but commit murder to gain access to the third gate that reveals the egg and amass the vast fortune.
Fun filled, action packed, you won’t be able to put this one down until the end. Those old enough to remember the ’80′s will get a kick out of this one. And those that don’t will love the action and storyline. Though, it may not be for the non-geeky at heart. A definite must read for any SiFi love as well. In all, it’s one of best books we’ve read this summer.
