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Ready Player One (eBook)

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Various Merchants have Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (eBook) for $1.99.

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  • 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.
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Various Merchants have Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (eBook) for $1.99.

Thanks to Community Member phoinix for finding this deal.

Available from the following stores:About this Book
  • 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.
Prime Member Savings
  • Prime Members may redeem any 'No Rush Shipping' credits they've earned to purchase this item (check your balance).

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  • About the deal:
    • Ready Player One (eBook) is $11 less (85% savings) than the list price.
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Taco
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The movie cuts out half of the treasure hunt and starts well after where the book starts. There is a significant benefit to reading the book rather than watching the movie. Some of the big reveals will be anticlimactic if you've seen the movie (and the characters), but still worth it to fill in the rest of the story.

Player 2 isn't as good as the first, but I feel it is still worth the read.
ryotarumi
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Can't we keep the voting only related to the item and price? Down-voting a deal because you spent a few seconds on something you didn't want is childish and hurts the community that would be looking for this.... Close the page and move on with your life.
theyangster
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Not terribly so, but less of a race that the movie focused on. Gets most of the main points.

As someone who enjoyed the first one, Would not recommend the sequel book ready player two, unless you're really into Prince (musician references) and really obscure 80/90's references.

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the..patientOct 26, 2022 04:21 AM
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Quote from dealsamba :
How was Ready Player Two? Anyone?
Disappointing.
Reeked of trying too hard. Never hit the same nostalgic mark that many enjoyed in the 1st because so many references were too obscure.
Instead of the ease and natural flow of the story taking over he tried so hard to appeal to woke cultural trends to the extent the whole thing became tedious to read.
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Oct 26, 2022 04:26 AM
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RampItUpOct 26, 2022 04:26 AM
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Adored this book and loved the audiobook even more. I used to re-listen to the audiobook to help me fall asleep during early pandemic insomnia nights. Wil Wheaton's voice and a story full of 80s references was just comforting.
Oct 26, 2022 05:29 AM
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killerbeezOct 26, 2022 05:29 AM
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Excellent book!
Oct 26, 2022 05:44 AM
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JohnJ2305Oct 26, 2022 05:44 AM
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Childish nerd fantasy novel.
Oct 26, 2022 05:52 AM
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ChrisM9040Oct 26, 2022 05:52 AM
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I personally enjoyed the book, lots of cool '80s references. Better than the movie. The audiobook read by Wil Wheaton what's good too, they did a great job bringing it to life and he does a good job kind of capturing that sarcastic vibe.
Oct 26, 2022 05:53 AM
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yosveOct 26, 2022 05:53 AM
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Get the book.
Oct 26, 2022 07:57 AM
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Poopknife4lifeOct 26, 2022 07:57 AM
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Deal seems to be dead for Apple Books and Google Play Books
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Oct 26, 2022 09:23 AM
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DaitoOct 26, 2022 09:23 AM
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Loved the book. Keep it on the self to pick up occasionally. The ending is good but this book truly shines in the first half, I don't even reread the whole thing, just the arc and world building is fun and exciting
Oct 26, 2022 09:59 AM
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Orang3BeardOct 26, 2022 09:59 AM
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Loved this book, especially the audio version with Will Wheaton narrating. Cline's Armada is another good one too, but skip on P2, like others said tries too hard and feels redundant. Really really wish the P1 movie was better made.
Oct 26, 2022 10:07 AM
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WittyAppliance114Oct 26, 2022 10:07 AM
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Quote from SDRebel :
Liked the movie...how different is the book?
Imagine if someone wrote a fanfiction where they are the self-inserted Mary Sue and the idolized tech god that made the story possible. That's the book. A very masterbatory ego trip wrapped in 80's references which carry the book really.
Oct 26, 2022 10:32 AM
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AnalogKid2112Oct 26, 2022 10:32 AM
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Any book that dedicates an entire chapter to the band Rush is simply awesome. Movie removed virtually all references to "Rush. Book : 10. Movie: 4
Oct 26, 2022 11:38 AM
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mason202Oct 26, 2022 11:38 AM
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I enjoyed the book, but the writer has a habit of repeatedly dumping paragraphs worth of 80's references at one time. I tolerated it for this book because it was enjoyable, but when he started doing it again in his second book Armada, I immediately stopped reading it. I didn't even bother reading the sequel. This guy is a one trick pony that wore out his shtick after one book.
Oct 26, 2022 12:19 PM
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sgreasbyOct 26, 2022 12:19 PM
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The book is worth a read. The work he creates is interesting, the story is engaging, and the characters are likable. However the writing is terrible and many of the 80s references he expects everyone to know are actually quite niche. The author seems to believe that everyone who grew up in the 80s should know the same stuff, yet he also leaves out a lot of items from pop culture because he was obviously in his click and did not find them as universal as items from his click. Still worth a read, much better than the movie.
Oct 26, 2022 12:42 PM
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jimkilerOct 26, 2022 12:42 PM
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Quote from AnalogKid2112 :
Any book that dedicates an entire chapter to the band Rush is simply awesome. Movie removed virtually all references to "Rush. Book : 10. Movie: 4
I was ready to buy this book but now I am second guessing that and holding off.

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Oct 26, 2022 12:46 PM
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ChrisD5705Oct 26, 2022 12:46 PM
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Quote from SDRebel :
Liked the movie...how different is the book?
Different opinion here, but I thought the movie was underwhelming. Part of that is because they couldn't secure rights to many of the pop culture reference points made in the book. For many readers, the references to music, movies, and games of that era tripped the nostalgia wire and made a lot of passionate followers of the book. Spielberg didn't really get that, so he created what he created, which felt different in tone and feel.

As an aside, Cline also co-wrote the screenplay for Fanboys if anyone got to see that with its Star Wars references and cameos.
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