#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Now a major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg. "Enchanting . . . Willy Wonka meets The Matrix."--USA Today - "As one adventure leads expertly to the next, time simply evaporates."--Entertainment Weekly 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. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Entertainment Weekly - San Francisco Chronicle - Village Voice - Chicago Sun-Times - iO9 - The AV Club "Delightful . . . the grown-up's Harry Potter."--HuffPost "An addictive read . . . part intergalactic scavenger hunt, part romance, and all heart."--CNN "A most excellent ride . . . Cline stuffs his novel with a cornucopia of pop culture, as if to wink to the reader."--Boston Globe "Ridiculously fun and large-hearted . . . Cline is that rare writer who can translate his own dorky enthusiasms into prose that's both hilarious and compassionate."--NPR "[A] fantastic page-turner . . . starts out like a simple bit of fun and winds up feeling like a rich and plausible picture of future friendships in a world not too distant from our own."--iO9Author: Ernest ClinePublisher: Ballantine BooksPublished: 08/16/2011Pages: 384Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.35lbsSize: 9.37h x 6.40w x 1.26dISBN: 9780307887436Accelerated Reader:Reading Level: 6.7Point Value: 23Interest Level: Upper GradeQuiz #/Name: 149949 / Ready Player OneAward: Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers - NomineeAward: Alex Awards - WinnerAward: Locus Awards - NomineeAward: Young Reader's Choice Award - NomineeAward: Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award - NomineeAward: Evergreen Young Adult Book Award - NomineeAward: Nevada Young Readers' Award - NomineeAward: Nutmeg Book Award - NomineeReview Citation(s): Library Journal 03/01/2011 pg. 54Library Journal Prepub Alert 03/01/2011 pg. 54Publishers Weekly 04/25/2011Kirkus Reviews 05/01/2011Booklist 05/15/2011 pg. 28Entertainment Weekly 08/19/2011 pg. 108Shelf Awareness 08/16/2011Entertainment Weekly 11/25/2011 pg. 76Shelf Awareness 08/04/2011Entertainment Weekly 12/23/2011 pg. 111Booklist Ed Choice Adu Bk YA's 01/01/2012 pg. 10People Weekly 12/16/2013 pg. 59Entertainment Weekly 07/31/2015 pg. 64About the AuthorErnest Cline is a #1 New York Times bestselling novelist, screenwriter, father, and full-time geek. He is the author of the novels Ready Player One and Armada and co-screenwriter of the film adaptation of Ready Player One, directed by Steven Spielberg. His books have been published in over fifty countries and have spent more than 100 weeks on The New York Times bestsellers list. He lives in Austin, Texas, with his family, a time-traveling DeLorean, and a large collection of classic video games.
