Ready Player One

Ready Player One is a 2011 science fiction novel which is also the first novel of American author Ernest Cline. The story is set during a dystopian 2045. It is about Wade Watts on his search for an Easter egg in a worldwide virtual reality game. The book was published on August 16, 2011. An audiobook narrated by Wil Wheaton was released the same day.

A movie version was directed by Steven Spielberg and was released on March 29, 2018.

A sequel novel, Ready Player Two, was released on November 24, 2020, however it got bad reviews.

References

  1. ↑ Coll, Kevin (June 21, 2010). "Cool Novel Ready Player One Gets Publishing Rights and Movie Deal". Fused Film. Archived from the original on November 21, 2010. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Ready Player One by Ernest Cline". Random House Publishers. 2011. Retrieved September 12, 2011.
  3. ↑ McWeeny, Drew (August 16, 2011). "Review: 'Ready Player One' is the geek book event of the year: Ernie Cline's first novel offers nostalgia, the future, and a gamer's dream". HitFix. Archived from the original on June 2, 2016. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
  4. ↑ "You want to accept Anorak's Invitation. Trust me. -". wilwheaton.net. August 15, 2011. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
  5. ↑ Couch, Aaron (July 8, 2020). "'Ready Player One' Book Sequel Sets November Publishing Date". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  6. ↑ Kemp, Ella (2020-12-01). "The first reviews for 'Ready Player Two' are in: "An AI could write a better book"". NME. Retrieved 2022-07-30.