Friday 15 February 2013

Ready Player One - Ernest Cline

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Reddit seemed to be going crazy over this book so I decided to give it a try, considering that everyone claimed it was an easy, good read.  In retrospect I can see why reddit loved it so much, its basically a nerd's fantasy.  A world economy dominated by a massive MMORPG which everyone plays, and you can save the world from evil corporations, become rich, powerful and famous, and get the girl, all by playing the game and  knowing lots of trivia about 70s and 80s pop culture, especially video games.  That said the setting was pretty cool, but the dialogue and plot were a bit much for me in most of the book.

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