Ready player one
"Ready Player One takes place in the not-so-distant future--the world has turned into a very bleak place, but luckily there is OASIS, a virtual reality world that is a vast online utopia. People can plug into OASIS to play, go to school, earn money, and even meet other people (or at least they can meet their avatars), and for protagonist Wade Watts it certainly beats passing the time in his grim, poverty-stricken real life. Along with millions of other world-wide citizens, Wade dreams of finding three keys left behind by James Halliday, the now-deceased creator of OASIS and the richest man to have ever lived. The keys are rumored to be hidden inside OASIS, and whoever finds them will inherit Halliday's fortune. But Halliday has not made it easy. And there are real dangers in this virtual world. Stuffed to the gills with action, puzzles, nerdy romance, and 80s nostalgia, this high energy cyber-quest will make geeks everywhere feel like they were separated at birth from author Ernest Cline."--Chris Schluep, Amazon Best Book of the Month
Record details
- ISBN: 9780307887436
- ISBN: 030788743X
- ISBN: 9780307887450 (eISBN)
- ISBN: 0307887456 (eISBN)
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Physical Description:
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374 p. ; 25 cm. - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Crown Publishers, c2011.
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Badges:
- Top Holds Over Last 5 Years: 1 / 5.0
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Subject: | Regression (Civilization) Fiction Virtual reality Fiction Utopias Fiction Puzzles Fiction |
Genre: | Fantasy fiction. |
Available copies
- 3 of 8 copies available at Kenton County.
Holds
- 2 current holds with 8 total copies.
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Covington Branch | CLINE E (Text) | 33126020852962 | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 04/24/2024 |
Covington Branch | CLINE E (Text) | 33126022355790 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Covington Branch | New Adult Fiction (Text) | ACQ0708653 | New Adult Fiction | On order | - |
Erlanger Branch | CLINE E (Text) | 33126024576005 | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 04/16/2024 |
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Independence Branch | CLINE E (Text) | 33126017035076 | Closed Stacks Fiction | Available | - |
Independence Branch | CLINE E (Text) | 33126022355782 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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- Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2011 March #1
Reportedly bought for something like $500,000 and already slated for filming, this novel from Fanboys screenwriter Cline features a geeky kid named Wade Watts who gets caught up in a worldwide virtual utopia called Oasis. There he finds himself on a virtual treasure hunt for a very real treasure. Described by Firstshowing.net as a blend of Avatar, The Matrix, and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, this book promises to be really, really big. Get it, probably in multiples.
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