• Ready Player One

  • By: Ernest Cline
  • Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
  • Length: 15 hrs and 40 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (258,660 ratings)

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Ready Player One

By: Ernest Cline
Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
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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)

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better than the movie

don't want to give it away, but if you have not experienced the book, I think you should. part sappy romance, part video gamers dream, part just straight up nerd, with a twist. as is typical, there is a bad guy, but you should find out the details for yourself, go enjoy!

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Great Read

Amazing book and story, and Will Wheaton was probably the perfect person to tell the story.

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book is amazong

Love it all, I wish the movie even remotely resembled the book in more than character names and concept.

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Just fantastic!

Everything about this book is incredible. I loved every second of it. And it's read by Wil Wheaton!!! The levels of nerd-gasm just never stop. The only problem is that it makes me wish The Oasis is a real game. I also can't thank the author enough for resisting the money making trend of splitting up the story into multiple books. So good. I will listen to it many more times.

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An amazing book.

An amazing book with an equally amazing narrator, can't wait for a sequel to come out!

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definitely not the movie,

death race? dance? irock being a badass? never happened in the book.
if you liked the movie, the book is a different adventure. and worth it.

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What a brilliant book, Wil Wheaton is great

This book was really awesome, it might just be me being bias comming from the 80's, I related to so much of the content and found it riveting. The first audio book I "could not put down".Wil does a remarkable job throughout the book, really putting in the emotion required. I even went out to buy the movie.

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wow just wow

I have to say the story and the Will Wheton narrating is was absolutely amazing. I loved how action filled it was and loved all the references to the 80's. It was definitely a feel good book. I would for sure listen to it again.

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A great story

This is hands down an awesome book and the narration is really well done. Definitely a new favorite of mine!!

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Why not 5 stars

It's heavy on the atheist idea of life but otherwise one of my favorite reads and Will Wheaton does a great job.

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