I had heard great things about Ready Player One but for some reason I didn’t read when it first came out, I think I’ll blame it on pregnancy or a baby–I had 3 in 4 years and I think this was one of those years, because this really does seem like this would be something that I would be dying to read…so I must’ve been babyin’ it up or something. The buzz has since died down a little, but every single time I asked someone […]
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This one almost feels like a cheat, since I knew going in I was likely going to rate this 5 stars. I enjoyed the book tremendously when I read it the first time nearly three years ago for Cannonball Read 4. This year I have tackled my dislike/fear of the audiobook experience, and decided on a whim that I really did want to hear the Wil Wheaton version of Parzival’s story. It was simply a delight. In case you aren’t familiar, here’s Goodreads to give […]
The future is ADVENTURE! Ready, Steady, GO!
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. […]
Is it wrong to dream for a dystopia?
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.