Ready Player One: A Novel

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Now a major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg. Enchanting . . . Willy Wonka meets The Matrix.USA Today As one adventure leads expertly to the next, time simply evaporates.Entertainment Weekly A world at stake. A quest for the ultimate prize. Are you ready? In the year 2045, reality is an ugly place. The only time Wade Watts really feels alive is when hes jacked into the OASIS, a vast virtual world where most of humanity spends their days. 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. Whoever is first to solve them will inherit his vast fortuneand control of the OASIS itself. Then Wade cracks the first clue. Suddenly hes beset by rivals wholl kill to take this prize. The race is onand the only way to survive is to win. 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 grown-ups Harry Potter.HuffPost An addictive read . . . part intergalactic scavenger hunt, part romance, and all heart.CNN A most excellent ride . . . Cline stuffs his novel with a cornucopia of pop culture, as if to wink to the reader.Boston Globe Ridiculously fun and large-hearted . . . Cline is that rare writer who can translate his own dorky enthusiasms into prose thats both hilarious and compassionate.NPR [A] fantastic page-turner . . . 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