Ready Player One

Brought to you by Penguin. ***NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY STEVEN SPIELBERG***A world at stake. A quest for the ultimate prize. Are you ready?It's the year 2044, and the real world has become an ugly place. We're out of oil. We've wrecked the climate. Famine, poverty, and disease are widespread. Like most of humanity, Wade Watts escapes this depressing reality by spending his waking hours jacked into the OASIS, a sprawling virtual utopia where you can be anything you want to be, where you can live and play and fall in love on any of ten thousand planets. And like most of humanity, Wade is obsessed by the ultimate lottery ticket that lies concealed within this alternate reality: OASIS founder James Halliday, who dies with no heir, has promised that control of the OASIS - and his massive fortune - will go to the person who can solve the riddles he has left scattered throughout his creation. For years, millions have struggled fruitlessly to attain this prize, knowing only that the riddles are based in the culture of the late twentieth century. And then Wade stumbles onto the key to the first puzzle.Suddenly, he finds himself pitted against thousands of competitors in a desperate race to claim the ultimate prize, a chase that soon takes on terrifying real-world dimensions - and that will leave both Wade and his world profoundly changed.____________________________________If you loved READY PLAYER ONE and can't wait for more, check out ARMADA, Ernest Cline's latest geek masterpiece!'Wildly original and stuffed with irresistible nostalgia, Ready Player One is a spectacularly genre-busting, ambitious, and charming debut' Independent'Part intergalactic scavenger hunt, part romance, and all heart' CNN 'Ernest Cline's novel deserves to be a modern classic' SciFiNow'Gorgeously geeky, superbly entertaining, this really is a spectacularly successful debut' Daily Mail (c) Ernest Cline 2011 (P) Penguin Audio 2012

Året er 2044 og den virkelige verden er blevet et grimt og gudsforladt sted. Ligesom de fleste andre mennesker, flygter Wade Watts fra denne ulidelige virkelighed og bruger alle sine gående timer i OASIS - et virtuelt Utopia. I "Ready Player One" møder vi Wade Watts, der bruger al sin tid i OASIS. Her kan man være lige hvad man gerne vil, bo lige hvor man vil, spille, forelske sig og meget mere. Skaberen af OASIS dør, og har lovet at hans arv skal gå til den, der kan klare alle hans gåder. Ernst Cline står bag science fictionen romnen "Ready Player One", der nok skal få dig til blive fastklistret til stolen.

Året er 2044 og den virkelige verden er blevet et grimt og gudsforladt sted. Ligesom de fleste andre mennesker, flygter Wade Watts fra denne ulidelige virkelighed og bruger alle sine gående timer i OASIS - et virtuelt Utopia. I "Ready Player One" møder vi Wade Watts, der bruger al sin tid i OASIS. Her kan man være lige hvad man gerne vil, bo lige hvor man vil, spille, forelske sig og meget mere. Skaberen af OASIS dør, og har lovet at hans arv skal gå til den, der kan klare alle hans gåder. Ernst Cline står bag science fictionen romnen "Ready Player One", der nok skal få dig til blive fastklistret til stolen.

#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

#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