Ready Player One

By: Ernest Cline

Narrated by: Wil Wheaton

Length: 15 hrs and 40 mins

Publisher's summary

#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 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.

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-up’s 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 that’s 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

©2011 Ernest Cline (P)2011 Random House Audio

Critic reviews

2017, Laura Hillenbrand Outstanding Literary Award, Winner

“The science-fiction writer John Scalzi has aptly referred to Ready Player One as a ‘nerdgasm’ [and] there can be no better one-word description of this ardent fantasy artifact about fantasy culture. . . . But Mr. Cline is able to incorporate his favorite toys and games into a perfectly accessible narrative.” (Janet Maslin, The New York Times)

“This non-gamer loved every page of Ready Player One.” (Charlaine Harris, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse series)

Awesome

Really enjoyed this audio book. Great story, characters, and narration by Wil Wheaton is fantastic!

flash back

well having been a kid and growing up during this time, it was like a flashback to my childhood.
I listened to this on the advice of my bookworm daughter, she said, dad you'll know everything they are talking about! Lol...... she was mostly correct.
I thoroughly enjoyed Will Wheaton's reading
This may be the first book I go back to to listen a second time.

awesome book!

it was just amazing seeing that I was in the era of the eighties and the description of the storyline the plot everything was just well looking forward to seeing the movie!

Great Audible Book!

My kids are 80's kids and as a present dad, I lived and loved everything those kids did. Much of the life and pop culture of the 80's is well known to me and I loved the details of the story and all the minutuae therein. Our first family computer was a Randy a 20 MB hdd and 512 KB ram. We played Nintendo and Sega games as well as classic PC games like Loom and Rampage together. If you're the slightest but nostalgic for those halcyon days, you will enjoy Wil Wheaton's excellent narration of a very entertaining story.

awesome book

loved the story, its NOTHING like the movie. this was MUCH better than the film!!

I was enveloped into the tale!

This was my second audible book, this story is AMAZING.
narrated very well!
listen again

I want to live in the Oasis

This is my first audiobook and what a great way to start. I first saw the movie of Ready Player One and absolutely loved it. This audiobook takes you on such a nostalgic adventure that I felt Ernie Cline was in my head because a lot of the references he made, I had in the 80’s. The story is different from the movie but that’s ok because it still keeps you engaged with the descriptions and references only made better by the narration of fellow geek, Will Wheaton. Ernie Cline did a great job with the writing and it made me wish the Oasis was real. His characters are so relatable and I think anyone can take something from this book. If you are a geek, or love the 80’s or just want to be transported to another place-then download this audio.

AMAZING

Best book ever!! Better than movie will ever be! I want a second book. ☺

Even my non-reader teen loved it!

Loved this book! Great audiobook. Fooled my teen into listening to it on spring break while driving around UT :) even HE thought it was great!

We watched the movie after we finished the audiobook, the film is totally different than the book. Both very good, just different. We enjoyed comparing and contrasting. And, yay, even my non-reader teen son said the book is better than the movie.

Will Wheaton FTW!

After listening to this book I can not only say that I love this story but Mr Will Wheaton himself makes it 1000% better. I have decided formally request that he narrate my life.