Ernest Cline8.5http://www.librarything.com/work/10966683Fri, 18 Jan 2013 12:03:09 -0500IslandDavehttp://www.librarything.com/profile/IslandDaveReady Player OneTue, 08 Jan 2013 03:31:48 -0500Luisalihttp://www.librarything.com/profile/LuisaliReady Player OneWed, 15 Aug 2012 14:54:59 -0400mdavidson888http://www.librarything.com/profile/mdavidson888<![CDATA[ <i>A world at stake. A quest for the ultimate prize.<br>Are you ready?</i><br><br>At once wildly original and stuffed with irresistible nostalgia, <i>Ready Player One</i> is a spectacularly genre-busting, ambitious, and charming debut — part quest novel, part love story, and part virtual space opera.<br><br>It's the year 2044, and the real world is an ugly place.<br><br>Like most of humanity, Wade Watts escapes his grim surroundings by spending his waking hours jacked into the OASIS — a sprawling virtual utopia that lets you be anything you want to be, a place where you can live and play and fall in love on any of ten thousand planets.<br><br>And like most of humanity, Wade dreams of being the one to discover the ultimate lottery ticket that lies concealed within this virtual world. For somewhere inside this giant networked playground, OASIS creator James Halliday has hidden a series of fiendish puzzles that will yield massive fortune — and remarkable power — to whoever can unlock them.<br><br>For years, millions have struggled fruitlessly to attain this prize, knowing only that Halliday's riddles are based in the pop culture he loved — that of the late twentieth century. And for years, millions have found in this quest another means of escape, retreating into happy, obsessive study of Halliday's icons. Like many of his contemporaries, Wade is as comfortable debating the finer points of John Hughes's oeuvre, playing Pac-Man, or reciting Devo lyrics as he is scrounging power to run his OASIS rig.<br><br>And then Wade stumbles upon the first puzzle.<br><br>Suddenly, the whole world is watching, and thousands of competitors join the hunt — among them certain powerful players who are willing to commit very real murder to beat Wade to this prize. Now the only way for Wade to survive and preserve everything he knows is to <i>win</i>. But to do so, he may have to leave behind his oh-so-perfect virtual existence and face up to life — and love — in the real world he's always been so desperate to escape.<br><br> ]]>Wed, 25 Jul 2012 00:24:19 -0400sdobiehttp://www.librarything.com/profile/sdobieAmazon.com Best Books (Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2011)io9 Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of the Year (2011)Alex Award (2012)Locus Award Finalist (First Novel, 2012)John W. Campbell Memorial Award Finalist (2012)Prometheus Award (Novel, 2012)Fri, 13 Jul 2012 07:49:47 -0400scarperhttp://www.librarything.com/profile/scarper2011Wed, 27 Jun 2012 11:32:33 -0400amysissonhttp://www.librarything.com/profile/amysisson<![CDATA[ Like most gunters, I voted to reelect Cory Doctorow and Wil Wheaton (again). There were no term limits, and those two geezers had been doing a kick-ass job of protecting user rights for over a decade. ]]>Wed, 27 Jun 2012 11:31:06 -0400amysissonhttp://www.librarything.com/profile/amysissonColumbus, Ohio, USAOregon, USAOklahoma City, Oklahoma, USAOASIS (virtual environment)Tue, 10 Apr 2012 11:52:30 -0400zhejwhttp://www.librarything.com/profile/zhejw2196726467Mon, 10 Oct 2011 19:56:02 -0400lampbanehttp://www.librarything.com/profile/lampbaneWade Owen Watts (Parzival)James Donovan Halliday (Anorak)Ogden Morrow (Og)Samantha Evelyn Cook (Art3mis)Nolan SorrentoHelen Harris (Aech)Akihide Karatsu (Shoto)Toshiro Yoshiaki (Daito)Thu, 08 Sep 2011 01:17:48 -0400nwaldronhttp://www.librarything.com/profile/nwaldron<![CDATA[ It occurred to me then that for the first time in as long as I could remember, I had absolutely no desire to log back into the OASIS. ]]>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 01:17:03 -0400nwaldronhttp://www.librarything.com/profile/nwaldron<![CDATA[ Everyone my age remembers where they were and what they were doing when they first heard about the contest. ]]>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 01:12:26 -0400nwaldronhttp://www.librarything.com/profile/nwaldron<![CDATA[ For Susan and Libby Because there is no map for where we are going ]]>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:44:43 -0400amwebhttp://www.librarything.com/profile/amwebBrooks, TerryScalzi, JohnRothfuss, PatrickHarris, CharlaineWilson, Daniel H.Lavender, WillBy using this data you agree to the LibraryThing API terms of service.