Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline is a Science fiction, dystopian novel, according to Goodreads.

People who play video games on either computers or game systems will really like this book. In addition, people who like history of technology and history of the 1980s pop-culture will like this book too.

Synopsis: the setting of this story is in the year 2044, where the real world is horrible so people escape from it by living in a virtual fantasy world called the OASIS, where people do everything, such as shopping, working, and playing games.

The main character’s name is Wade Watts. He is obsessed with playing video games on the OASIS, where many different planets and worlds exist. However, everyone in Wade’s world is obsessed with the OASIS. However, Wade and everyone’s obsession of the OASIS goes through the roof after hearing about James Halliday death. James Halliday is one of the creators of the OASIS. Halliday later becomes a recluse and dies alone without any family.

 The day Halliday dies, the world finds out that Halliday creates a contest to see who will win his inheritance and complete control of the OASIS. Halliday leaves clues in the OASIS to where the Easter egg is hidden. Whoever, is smart enough to figure out the clues to where the Easter egg is hidden, wins all of James Halliday’s money and complete control of the OASIS.

 Ready Player One, reminds me of the novel, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl. Where one has to search for a golden ticket, which grants one access to Willy Wonka’s Factory, which leads up to the one winner who wins the ultimate prize.

I personally recommend Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One, because it is an interesting story that has many twist and turns leaving the reader wanting to read more.