Publisher Random House Audiobooks
Length 15hrs 40mins
Format audiobook
Published 2012
Series standalone
My Copy I bought it
My Review
Length 15hrs 40mins
Format audiobook
Published 2012
Series standalone
My Copy I bought it
My Review
Ready Player One envelopes the reader in a warm and comfy
haze of 1980’s nostalgia, complete with pop culture references through a
detailed exploration of early generation home gaming consoles, TV shows, movies
and fashion.
Set some 60 years after the 80’s, Ready Player One focuses on a lonesome young man named Wade Watts - an avid gamer who lives inside the Oasis (a massive multi-player online game) more than he does the real world, as he embarks on a hunt for an elusive egg hidden by the games developer before he died.
This isn't some simple side-mission to kill time, finding the egg will bring fame and fortune to the lucky treasure hunter - in both the real world as well as online. Hindering Wade's chances of being the first to discover the egg is an evil corporation of cookie-cutter gamers known as the Sixers; a conglomerate of generic gamers with no personality or unique avatar - they are the public minions of corporate evil.
Ready Player One is a nerd boy (or girls) dream. Even readers who don't 'get' all the nerdy references will still get a sense of time and place, and how these 80's relics play a huge part in the overall story and Wade's race to be top of the leader-board.
I loved everything about it - the plotting, characters, pacing, narration - all of it.
Set some 60 years after the 80’s, Ready Player One focuses on a lonesome young man named Wade Watts - an avid gamer who lives inside the Oasis (a massive multi-player online game) more than he does the real world, as he embarks on a hunt for an elusive egg hidden by the games developer before he died.
This isn't some simple side-mission to kill time, finding the egg will bring fame and fortune to the lucky treasure hunter - in both the real world as well as online. Hindering Wade's chances of being the first to discover the egg is an evil corporation of cookie-cutter gamers known as the Sixers; a conglomerate of generic gamers with no personality or unique avatar - they are the public minions of corporate evil.
Ready Player One is a nerd boy (or girls) dream. Even readers who don't 'get' all the nerdy references will still get a sense of time and place, and how these 80's relics play a huge part in the overall story and Wade's race to be top of the leader-board.
I loved everything about it - the plotting, characters, pacing, narration - all of it.
My rating: 5/5 stars
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