Ready Player One: The global bestseller and now a major Steven Spielberg movie

At once wildly original and stuffed with irresistible nostalgia, Ready Player One is a spectacularly genre-busting, ambitious, and charming debut — part quest novel, part love story, and part virtual space opera set in a universe where spell-slinging mages battle giant Japanese robots, entire planets are inspired by Blade Runner, and flying DeLoreans achieve light speed."The pure, unfettered brain scream of a child of the 80s, like a dream my 13-year-old self would have had after bingeing on Pop Rocks and Coke... I couldn’t put it down." - Charles Ardai, Edgar Award-winning authorIt's the year 2044, and the real world is an ugly place. A world at stake. A quest for the ultimate prize. Are you ready? 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. 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 fortune — and control of the OASIS itself. Then Wade cracks the first clue. Suddenly he’s beset by rivals who’ll kill to take this prize. The race is on — and the only way to survive is to win. “Ridiculously fun and large-hearted... Cline is that rare writer who can translate his own dorky enthusiasms into prose that’s both hilarious and compassionate.” - NPR "Ready Player One expertly mines a copious vein of 1980s pop culture, catapulting the reader on a light-speed adventure in an advanced but backward-looking future. If this book were a living room, it would be wood-panelled. If it were shoes, it would be high tops. And if it were a song, well, it would have to be Eye of the Tiger. I really, really loved it." - Daniel H. Wilson, author of How to Survive a Robot Uprising In the year 2044. reality is an ugly place. The only time teenage Wade Watts *really* feels alive is when he's jacked into the virtual utopia known as the OASIS. Wade's devoted his life to studying the puzzles hidden within this world's digital confines--puzzles that are based on their creator's obsession with the pop culture of decades past and that promise massive power and fortune to whoever can unlock them. But when Wade stumbles upon the first clue, he finds himself beset by players willing to kill to take this ultimate prize. The race is on, and if Wade's going to survive, he'll have to win--and confront the real world he's always been so desperate to escape. (Provided by publisher).