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The future is ADVENTURE! Ready, Steady, GO!

February 4, 2015 by Fofo 9 Comments

Target: Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One Profile: Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Pop Culture, Adventure! Ready Player One is one of those books that’s been sitting on the shelves at Barnes and Nobel taunting me with nearly universal acclaim for longer than I care to think about.  Not only that, but it falls clearly into my ‘near future, speculative fiction’ bailiwick and even focuses on video game culture, so I really have no excuse as to why I’m only just now adding it to my library.  […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: adventure, CBR7, Ernest Cline, Fofo, Pop Culture, Ready Player One, science fiction, Speculative Fiction

Fofo's CBR7 Review No:1 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: adventure, CBR7, Ernest Cline, Fofo, Pop Culture, Ready Player One, science fiction, Speculative Fiction ·
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Is it wrong to dream for a dystopia?

April 7, 2014 by Robyn Robotron Leave a Comment

I just found out that Wil Wheaton did the audio version of this book (which I will be getting shortly).  That in itself should tell you how awesome it is, but you could still read my review if you want.

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: #CBR6, 80's pop culture, Dystopian, Ernest Cline, fantasy, Fiction, Ready Player One, Robyn Robotron, rpgs, sci-fi, video games

Robyn Robotron's CBR6 Review No:14 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: #CBR6, 80's pop culture, Dystopian, Ernest Cline, fantasy, Fiction, Ready Player One, Robyn Robotron, rpgs, sci-fi, video games ·
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