Drawing on everything from Back to the Future to Roald Dahl to Neal Stephenson's groundbreaking Snow Crash, Cline has made Ready Player One a geek fantasia, '80s culture memoir and commentary on the future of online behavior all at once.' - Austin American-Statesman even readers who need Google to identify Commodore 64 or Inky, Blinky, Pinky and Clyde, will enjoy this memorabilian feast.' - Cleveland Plain Dealer This novel's large dose of 1980s trivia is a delight. Cline is able to incorporate his favorite toys and games into a perfectly accessible narrative.' -Janet Maslin, The New York Times 'A fun, funny and fabulously entertaining first novel. 'The science-fiction writer John Scalzi has aptly referred to Ready Player One as a 'nerdgasm' there can be no better one-word description of this ardent fantasy artifact about fantasy culture. starts out like a simple bit of fun and winds up feeling like a rich and plausible picture of future friendships in a world not too distant from our own.' - iO9

Cline is that rare writer who can translate his own dorky enthusiasms into prose that's both hilarious and compassionate.' -NPR ' fantastic page-turner.

Cline stuffs his novel with a cornucopia of pop culture, as if to wink to the reader.' - Boston Globe 'Ridiculously fun and large-hearted. part intergalactic scavenger hunt, part romance, and all heart.' -CNN 'A most excellent ride. the grown-up's Harry Potter.' - HuffPost 'An addictive read. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Entertainment Weekly - San Francisco Chronicle - Village Voice - Chicago Sun-Times - iO9 - The AV Club 'Delightful. The race is on-and the only way to survive is to win. Suddenly he's beset by rivals who'll kill to take this prize. Whoever is first to solve them will inherit his vast fortune-and control of the OASIS itself. When the eccentric creator of the OASIS dies, he leaves behind a series of fiendish puzzles, based on his obsession with the pop culture of decades past. The only time Wade Watts really feels alive is when he's jacked into the OASIS, a vast virtual world where most of humanity spends their days. Are you ready? In the year 2045, reality is an ugly place.

Willy Wonka meets The Matrix.'- USA Today - 'As one adventure leads expertly to the next, time simply evaporates.'- Entertainment Weekly A world at stake. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Now a major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg. About the Book At once wildly original and stuffed with irresistible nostalgia, a spectacularly genre-busting, ambitious, and charming debut that is part quest, part love story, and part virtual space opera set in a universe where spell-slinging mages battle giant Japanese robots and flying DeLoreans.

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