Ready Player One is a 2011 science fiction novel, and the debut novel of American author Ernest Cline. The story, set in a dystopia in 2045, follows protagonist Wade Watts on his search for an Easter egg in a worldwide virtual reality game, the discovery of which would lead him to inherit the game creator's fortune. Cline sold the rights to publish the novel in June 2010, in a bidding war to the Crown Publishing Group. The book was published on August 16, 2011. An audiobook was released the same day; it was narrated by Wil Wheaton, who was mentioned briefly in one of the chapters. In 2012, the book received an Alex Award from the Young Adult Library Services Association division of the American Library Association and won the 2011 Prometheus Award. A film adaptation, screenwritten by Cline and Zak Penn and directed by Steven Spielberg, was released on March 29, 2018. A sequel novel, Ready Player Two, was released on November 24, 2020.
| Author | Ernest Cline |
| Audio read by | Wil Wheaton |
| Subject | Video games, Virtual Reality |
| Publisher | Crown Publishing Group |
| Followed by | Ready Player Two |
Informazioni su Ready Player One
Steven Spielberg directed sci-fi adventure based on a novel of the same name by Ernest Cline. The story tells of a virtual reality world called OASIS that holds an Easter Egg worth a great fortune that would be given to the first person to discover it once the creator of the VR world passed away.
Realizzazione di Ready Player One
Numerous homages to pop culture are made throughout the film, including characters such as The Iron Giant, Freddy Krueger and Duke Nukem.
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