Ready Player One

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ΓÇó Now a major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg. ΓÇ£Enchanting . . . Willy Wonka meets The Matrix.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöUSA Today ΓÇó ΓÇ£As one adventure leads expertly to the next,time simply evaporates.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöEntertainment Weekly A world at stake. A quest for the ultimate prize. Are you ready? In the year 2045reality is an ugly place. The only time Wade Watts really feels alive is when heΓÇÖs jacked into the OASISa vast virtual world where most of humanity spends their days. When the eccentric creator of the OASIS dieshe leaves behind a series of fiendish puzzlesbased on his obsession with the pop culture of decades past. Whoever is first to solve them will inherit his vast fortuneΓÇöand control of the OASIS itself. Then Wade cracks the first clue. Suddenly heΓÇÖs beset by rivals whoΓÇÖll kill to take this prize. The race is onΓÇöand the only way to survive is to win. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Entertainment Weekly ΓÇó San Francisco Chronicle ΓÇó Village Voice ΓÇó Chicago Sun-Times ΓÇó iO9 ΓÇó The AV Club ΓÇ£Delightful . . . the grown-upΓÇÖs Harry Potter.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöHuffPost ΓÇ£An addictive read . . . part intergalactic scavenger huntpart romanceand all heart.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöCNN ΓÇ£A most excellent ride . . . Cline stuffs his novel with a cornucopia of pop cultureas if to wink to the reader.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöBoston Globe ΓÇ£Ridiculously fun and large-hearted . . . Cline is that rare writer who can translate his own dorky enthusiasms into prose thatΓÇÖs both hilarious and compassionate.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöNPR ΓÇ£[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.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöiO9