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Ready Player One
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
- Length: 15 hrs and 40 mins
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Earth’s future is bleak in the gripping sci-fi fantasy audiobook Ready Player One, written by the brilliant Ernest Cline and narrated by American actor Wil Wheaton. Set in the near future, most of the human race have locked themselves into a virtual reality to escape the planet that the past generations had destroyed. Within this virtual existence lies the answer to infinite riches and Wade Watts spends every second on the treasure hunt. It is a frenzied race with countless players, all infected with desperation. The danger is intense and will affect them all.
Summary
Brought to you by Penguin.
The book behind the major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg.
Now a major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg.
A world at stake. A quest for the ultimate prize. Are you ready?
It's the year 2044 and the real world has become an ugly place. We're out of oil. We've wrecked the climate. Famine, poverty and disease are widespread.
Like most of humanity, Wade Watts escapes this depressing reality by spending his waking hours jacked into the OASIS, a sprawling virtual utopia where you can be anything you want to be, where you can live and play and fall in love on any of 10,000 planets. And like most of humanity, Wade is obsessed by the ultimate lottery ticket that lies concealed within this alternate reality: OASIS founder James Halliday, who dies with no heir, has promised that control of the OASIS - and his massive fortune - will go to the person who can solve the riddles he has left scattered throughout his creation.
For years, millions have struggled fruitlessly to attain this prize, knowing only that the riddles are based in the culture of the late 20th century. And then Wade stumbles onto the key to the first puzzle.
Suddenly, he finds himself pitted against thousands of competitors in a desperate race to claim the ultimate prize, a chase that soon takes on terrifying real-world dimensions - and that will leave both Wade and his world profoundly changed.
If you loved Ready Player One and can't wait for more, check out Armada, Ernest Cline's latest geek masterpiece!
Critic reviews
"Wildly original and stuffed with irresistible nostalgia, Ready Player One is a spectacularly genre-busting, ambitious, and charming debut." (Independent)
"Part intergalactic scavenger hunt, part romance, and all heart." (CNN)
"Ernest Cline’s novel deserves to be a modern classic." (SciFiNow)
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- Martin
- 11-10-16
2nd time
2nd time I have listed to this book and still easily one of my favourites.
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- hyp3rion_69
- 08-10-16
Engaging story, takes you back to the eighties.
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Engaging story, takes you back to the eighties whilst being set in the near future.
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- Stephen Fuller
- 09-10-16
great
great book really enjoyed it Wil Wheaton was great was really good on to Amanda now.
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- Paul Steele
- 16-10-16
engaging and nostalgic.
the main character is sympathetic and well rounded. the story has a few convenient arcs such as new weaponry that solve and then create other problems. definitely with a read and hopefully a view!
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- Maggie Kearney
- 22-06-15
A Must Read
Rich indepth world building.Engaging storyline.And a plethora of nods to cult classics of geekdom that even non-geeks will enjoy.Wil Wheaton was tge perfect narrator for this book.
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- Mr. A. D. Godden
- 09-05-15
Where there's a Wil (Wheaton)....
Excellent...geeky and original...superbly narrated by Wil Wheaton...highly recommended for popular culture geeks and lovers of original storytelling alike
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- J F Hooper
- 13-07-15
Outstanding Romp!
Loved the book and the concept, it helps to be a geek, but is still enjoyable if you're normal!
If you liked this try Bedlam.
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- Scoobie
- 09-07-15
Brilliant from start to finish
Would you listen to Ready Player One again? Why?
Absolutely, I grew up in the 80's and this book is one gigantic nostalgia trip of awesome combined with the tech I am working in now - Virtual Reality.
What was one of the most memorable moments of Ready Player One?
There are too many to name just one.
What about Wil Wheaton’s performance did you like?
flawless performance, told the story perfectly
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- lewis carnegie
- 17-09-17
Amazing
hooked from the first line, a mist read, intense story, corrupted business and just amazing
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- Johnathon Rule
- 17-09-17
An Instant Geeky Classic
I've read the book a couple of times before buying the audiobook. The story has a fantasic premise of a potential future energy crisis, that gets a Geeky 1980s wrap around bow. The cherry on the top is that this read by Wil Wheaton.
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