ReadyPlayerOne

Ready Player One is a debut novel that is both wildly original and filled with irresistible nostalgia. It's a spectacular genre-busting story that is part quest novel, part love story, and part virtual space opera. The setting is a universe where magic-wielding mages fight giant Japanese robots, entire planets are inspired by Blade Runner, and DeLoreans have the ability to achieve light speed.

The year is 2044, and the real world is not a desirable place to be. Like most of humanity, Wade Watts escapes his grim surroundings by spending his time plugged into the OASIS. The OASIS is a sprawling virtual utopia that allows you to be whoever you want to be and experience anything imaginable on any one of the ten thousand planets.

Wade dreams of finding the ultimate lottery ticket hidden within the virtual world of the OASIS that will grant him massive fortune and remarkable power. OASIS creator James Halliday has concealed a series of fiendish puzzles within the system that provides the keys to this hidden prize. Millions of people have been trying to solve these puzzles based on popular culture from the late twentieth century, causing them to become obsessed with Hallidays icons and evade the harsh realities of the real world.

As Wade discovers the first puzzle, the whole world seems to be watching, and thousands of competitors join the hunt. This includes powerful players who are willing to commit very real murder to beat Wade and claim the prize. The only way for Wade to preserve everything he knows and win is to leave behind his perfect virtual existence and face the challenges of the real world – including life and love.

Are you ready for a world at stake? Join the quest and discover the ultimate prize.

作者简介

ERNESTCLINEisanovelist,screenwriter,father,andfull-timegeek.Hisfirstnovel,ReadyPlayerOne,wasaNewYorkTimesandUSATodaybestseller,appearedonnumerous“bestoftheyear”lists,andissettobeadaptedintoamotionpicturebyWarnerBros.anddirectorStevenSpielberg.Hissecondnovel,ARMADA,debutedat#4ontheNYTBestsellerlistandisbeingmadein...