BOOK REC: Ready Player One

[justalurkr]

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

According to the Kindle progress bar, I'm 41% of the way through this book and I already want to marry it and have its babies. Geeks of A Certain Age, UNITE! Whoever Ernest Cline is, gets us. Somewhere between The Matrix, War Games and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory lies this book. I'm sure there are dashes of Snow Crash rolling around, but it's been too long since I read that to get all the nuances.

I babble. If you're a gamer, this is a must read. If you're a comics fan, this is a must read. If you're a Pirates of Silicon Valley fan or hell, even a Family Ties fan! this is...you get the picture.

Comments

[nialla]

Wonder if this is something that would go over well in the library. I have a small but loyal group of SF/Fantasy readers, as well as quite a few who normally wouldn't read it, but the librarian "hand sells" books to them. ;)

Is it a one-shot deal, or do you know? One thing that keeps me away from some SF/Fantasy books is they turn into such epic things, it's difficult to keep up. Not to mention expensive to keep up.

[justalurkr.livejournal.com]

Wow, I'm getting behind on my e-mail notifications. And birthdays. Amazon reminded me two weeks ago that you had one coming up 8/26. Hope it was a good one!

This is a debut novel by a guy who does poetry slams and (apparently) general social commentary. (vid of "Dance Monkeys Dance" at the end of this reply)

The story had the type of closure that leads me to believe it's a one shot, though. He could get a sequel out of it, but why? Oh, right. Money. Well, they wouldn't be worth reading if that were the only reason he did it.

[nialla]

LJ has been barfing up random notifications, either old ones you've already read, or new ones running late. They're "upgrading" from what I can tell, and this is a normal side effect.

My fave b'day present won't be until 9/6, when I see the neurosurgeon. That's sad, ain't it?