Ready Player One Review - Awesome! @erniecline @wilw

In a video I did last week I mentioned a book called Ready Player One that was I "reading" and today since I finished it I thought I'd give you guys a bit of a review. Ready Player One is AWESOME! What you want more? Okay.

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline read by Wil Wheaton in the audiobook version I listened to is sort of a cyber punk version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The story starts off when the creator of the world's most popular video game.. which is really more then a video game, its the world that humanity basically lives in dies. Instead of leaving his vast fortune to specific person he has created a contest where the winner, the person who found an easter egg he has hidden in the OASIS video game will sort of take over all his wealth and have the keys to the castle if you will.

The story follows 5 main 'gunters', those who dedicate their lives to the hunt for the egg as they try to beat the evil corporation Innovative Online Industries (IOI) in finding it. Along it there are countless references to pop culture specifically from the 80s but also many other decades as well as the heroes play old video games, old movies, music, and much more.

I highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys scifi or who grew up on old video games. It has as I mentioned earlier a sort of theme feel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory but also takes place in a Snow Crash/Matrix like metaverse. If you consider yourself a geek as I do you'll surely enjoy this. :)


Lastly I'm looking for more great books to listen to. Please leave your suggestions in the comments. :)


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[132L7]

Btw... if you haven’t checked it out, you should read Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. I think you would like Stephenson’s books, along with Robert J. Sawyer’s books.

[Urgo6667]

@132L7 Yeah I've read snow crash. Another one of my favorites :) Will have to check out Sawyer.

[thevagabondcircus]

i went to a comic expo where a guy kind of tried to convince me to get this book. at least i think it was this book. i had a ghostbusters shirt on and he said there was a reference to GB on the first page or something. i passed though. might have to take a look though. MAN is that beautiful green pacman in the back mesmerizing.

[Urgo6667]

@thevagabondcircus It truly i a great book and I'd highly recommend it. I think I remember the ghost busters reference. There are tons of different references which I think is one reason it makes it so great. I was waiting and waiting but I got the Orson Scott Card shoutout I was looking for (my dog's name is Ender).

[Illuminatta]

Did you know Wheaton has a youtube channel? He posts really goofy vlogs and videos.

This book sounds good...I will check it out. Have you read William Gibson? He is the godfather of cyber-fiction, and coined the phrase virtual reality. He did the "immersion" idea first. Check out Neuromancer if you haven't.

[Urgo6667]

@Illuminatta ah no I didn't know he had one. will have to check it out. I have almost grabbed a couple gibson books but I haven't yet read one I dont think. Thanks fo rthe tips :)

[132L7]

In one of the episodes of The Big Bang Theory, Wil Wheaton makes amends with Sheldon by giving him a Crusher figurine and LeVar Burton becomes Sheldon’s new nemesis. *Not going to spoil how for those that haven’t seen it.*

[garrettman333]

U should Read The Steve Jobs Biography, it's really great!

[spocklivesforever]

You HAVE to read The Fault in Our Stars by John Green! Wait, are you a nerdfighter? If you're not, you MUST become one! :D

[Illuminatta]

@Urgo6667 You're welcome! I put a request in to my library for this on CD for my car. I just finished my last book on CD (the finalbook of Guilliermo Del Toro's The Strain trilogy) and was looking for something. I'll let you know what I think. :)

[notellyearight1]

@Urgo6667 Uhhh the name is "audible" or "audible so there" hehehe I seriously don't know about Audio Books, and wondered where to start as I have a LOT of space left on my Sansa Clip.

[Katmamik]

@Urgo6667 I read mostly science fiction or fantisy, but yeah I do. I know this is a kids book, but its good. Eragon By Christopher I think his last name is Paolini. Also The Wayfarer Redemption By Sara Douglass. This one is a more adult trilogy, but even though Eragon is in the teen section it still holds up for adults too, or maybe like you with your pillow pet I'm just a big kid. Oh Hunger Games...I cant think of the author.