At once wildly original and stuffed with irresistible nostalgia, READY PLAYER ONE is a spectacularly genre-busting, ambitious, and charming debut—part quest novel, part love story, and part virtual space opera set in a universe where spell-slinging mages battle giant Japanese robots, entire planets are inspired by Blade Runner, and flying DeLoreans achieve light speed.
It’s the year 2044, and the real world is an ugly place.
Like most of humanity, Wade Watts escapes his grim surroundings by spending his waking hours jacked into the OASIS, a sprawling virtual utopia that lets you be anything you want to be, a place where you can live and play and fall in love on any of ten thousand planets.
And like most of humanity, Wade dreams of being the one to discover the ultimate lottery ticket that lies concealed within this virtual world.?For somewhere inside this giant networked playground, OASIS creator James Halliday has hidden a series of fiendish puzzles that will yield massive fortune—and remarkable power—to whoever can unlock them.??
For years, millions have struggled fruitlessly to attain this prize, knowing only that Halliday’s riddles are based in the pop culture he loved—that of the late twentieth century.?And for years, millions have found in this quest another means of escape, retreating into happy, obsessive study of Halliday’s icons. Like many of his contemporaries, Wade is as comfortable debating the finer points of John Hughes’s oeuvre, playing Pac-Man, or reciting Devo lyrics as he is scrounging power to run his OASIS rig.
And then Wade stumbles upon the first puzzle.
Suddenly the whole world is watching, and thousands of competitors join the hunt—among them certain powerful players who are willing to commit very real murder to beat Wade to this prize. Now the only way for Wade to survive and preserve everything he knows is to win. But to do so, he may have to leave behind his oh-so-perfect virtual existence and face up to life—and love—in the real world he’s always been so desperate to escape.?
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A world at stake.
A quest for the ultimate prize.
Are you ready?
–?Bloomberg, Best Books of 2016
“The science-fiction writer John Scalzi has aptly referred to READY PLAYER ONE as a “nerdgasm” [and] there can be no better one-word description of this ardent fantasy artifact about fantasy culture…But Mr. Cline is able to incorporate his favorite toys and games into a perfectly accessible narrative.”—Janet Maslin, The New York Times
“Triggers memories and emotions embedded in the psyche of a generation...[Cline crafts] a fresh and imaginative world from our old toy box, and finds significance in there among the collectibles. ?A-”—Entertainment Weekly
“A most excellent ride…the conceit is a smart one, and we happily root for [the heroes] on their quest…fully satisfying.”—Boston Globe
“Enchanting…Willy Wonka meets the Matrix. This novel undoubtedly qualifies Cline as the hottest geek on the planet right now. [But] you don't have to be a geek to get it.”—USA Today?
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“Ridiculously fun and large-hearted, and you don't have to remember the Reagan administration to love it…[Cline] takes a far-out premise and engages the reader instantly…You'll wish you could make it go on and on.”—NPR.org
“A fun, funny and fabulously entertaining first novel…This novel's large dose of 1980s trivia is a delight…[but] even readers who need Google to identify Commodore 64 or Inky, Blinky, Pinky and Clyde, will enjoy this memorabilian feast.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer
“The grown-up's 'Harry Potter’…the mystery and fantasy in this novel weaves itself in the most delightful way, and the details that make up Mr. Cline's world are simply astounding.?READY PLAYER ONE?has it all.”—Huffington Post
“Incredibly entertaining…Drawing on everything from "Back to the Future" to Roald Dahl to Neal Stephenson's groundbreaking "Snow Crash," Cline has made?READY PLAYER ONE?a geek fantasia, '80s culture memoir and commentary on the future of online behavior all at once.”—Austin American-Statesman
"READY PLAYER ONE?is the ultimate lottery ticket."—New York Daily News
"This non-gamer loved every page of READY PLAYER ONE."—Charlaine Harris, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse series
“A treasure for anyone already nostalgic for the late 20th century. . . But it’s also a great read for anyone who likes a good book.”—Wired.com
“Gorgeously geeky, superbly entertaining, this really is a spectacularly successful debut.”—Daily Mail (UK)
“A gunshot of fun with a wicked sense of timing and a cast of characters that you're pumping your fist in the air with whenever they succeed. I haven't been this much on the edge of my seat for an ending in years.”—Chicago Reader
“A rollicking, surprise-laden, potboiling, thrilling adventure story…. I loved every sentence of this book”—Mark Frauenfelder, BoingBoing
"A 'frakking' good read [featuring] incredible creative detail…I grinned at the sheer audacity of Cline's imagination.”—Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
“[A] fantastic page-turner….READY PLAYER ONE?may be science fiction, but it's also written for people who have never picked up an SF novel in their lives…"—Annalee Newitz, io9.com
"Fascinating and imaginative…It's non-stop action when gamers must navigate clever puzzles and outwit determined enemies in a virtual world in order to save a real one. Readers are in for a wild ride."—Terry Brooks, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Shannara series
“I was blown away by this book…A book of ideas, a potboiler, a game-within-a-novel, a serious science-fiction epic, a comic pop culture mash-up–call this novel what you will, but READY PLAYER ONE will defy every label you try to put on it. Here, finally, is this generation’s Neuromancer.”—Will Lavender, New York Times bestselling author of Dominance
“I really, really loved READY PLAYER ONE…Cline expertly mines a copious vein of 1980s pop culture, catapulting the reader on a light-speed adventure in an advanced but backward-looking future.”— Daniel H. Wilson, New York Times bestselling author of Robopocalypse?
“A nerdgasm…imagine Dungeons and Dragons and an 80s video arcade made hot, sweet love, and their child was raised in Azeroth.”—John Scalzi, New York Times bestselling author of Old Man’s War
“Completely fricking awesome...This book pleased every geeky bone in my geeky body. ?I felt like it was written just for me.”—Patrick Rothfuss, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Wise Man’s Fear??
“An exuberantly realized, exciting, and sweet-natured cyber-quest. Cline’s imaginative and rollicking coming-of-age geek saga has a smash-hit vibe.”—Booklist, starred review?
"This adrenaline shot of uncut geekdom, a quest through a virtual world, is loaded with enough 1980s nostalgia to please even the most devoted John Hughes fans… sweet, self-deprecating Wade, whose universe is an odd mix of the real past and the virtual present, is the perfect lovable/unlikely hero.”—Publishers Weekly, Pick of the Week?
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我必須承認,這本書的敘事結構非常巧妙,它不僅僅是一個簡單的冒險故事,更像是一部層層剝開的偵探小說,隻不過“謎題”的綫索散落在整個數字宇宙的角落裏。作者用一種近乎百科全書式的筆觸,描繪瞭一個龐大且具有生命力的虛擬生態係統,其中的規則、派係鬥爭,乃至經濟體係,都構建得異常真實可信。當我跟隨主角的視角去探索那些隱藏的關卡和古老的密室時,我能清晰地感受到那種探索未知和解開謎團帶來的巨大滿足感。它成功地挑戰瞭傳統敘事模式,讓讀者不再是被動的接受者,而是主動的參與者,甚至會不自覺地在腦海中復盤每一個綫索,試圖比主角更早一步找到答案。這種互動性極強的閱讀體驗,是很多同類型作品難以企及的高度,讓這本書的價值遠超一般的娛樂消遣。
評分這本書的語言風格充滿瞭活力和不羈,那種充滿俚語和技術術語的混搭,非常精準地捕捉到瞭特定圈層人群的對話模式,使得閱讀體驗極具代入感和時代感。文字的畫麵感極強,仿佛每一個場景都能立刻被“播放”在腦海中,那種色彩的斑斕、速度的衝擊、音效的震撼,都通過文字得到瞭淋灕盡緻的展現。更難得的是,在如此炫目和快速的敘事節奏中,作者依然保持瞭敘事的清晰和邏輯的嚴謹性,讀者很少會因為信息量過大而感到迷失。它成功地做到瞭讓硬核的科技迷可以享受其技術細節,讓喜歡純粹冒險故事的讀者可以沉浸於刺激的情節,這種跨越圈層的兼容性和魅力,是許多試圖描繪未來世界的作品所欠缺的。它是一場真正的視聽盛宴,隻是所有的感官體驗都由文字來完成。
評分這本書簡直是把懷舊情懷和未來科技完美地熔鑄在瞭一起,讀起來讓人仿佛真的迴到瞭那個充滿像素和街機聲的黃金年代,但同時又被拉入瞭一個光怪陸離、技術先進到令人咋舌的虛擬世界。作者的想象力實在令人佩服,他構建的這個數字烏托邦,其細節之豐富、邏輯之嚴密,都讓人忍不住一頁接一頁地往下翻。那種對八零年代流行文化近乎偏執的瞭解和熱愛,簡直就像作者本人就是那個時代的原住民,每一個引用的梗、每一個隱藏的彩蛋,都像是對老玩傢們發齣的專屬“暗號”。我尤其欣賞其中關於“逃避現實”的主題探討,虛擬世界固然誘人,但最終,我們還是要麵對真實生活中的睏境與成長。整個故事的節奏把控得極佳,高潮迭起,緊張刺激,閱讀體驗酣暢淋灕,讀完之後還會讓人意猶未盡,忍不住迴味那些錯綜復雜的綫索和人物的命運抉擇。
評分這本書的想象力簡直是突破天際,它不僅僅是關於遊戲和科技,它更是對人類社會未來發展方嚮的一種大膽預演和深刻反思。那位創造瞭虛擬世界的“上帝”的形象塑造得極其成功,他既是天纔的化身,也是一個極度孤獨和固執的理想主義者,他留下的遺産與其說是一個遊戲,不如說是一場巨大的社會實驗。閱讀過程中,我不斷地在思考:當虛擬體驗的逼真程度超越現實時,我們如何定義“真實”?這種宏大的命題被包裹在快節奏的動作場麵和驚險的追逐戲中,使得嚴肅的討論絲毫不顯沉悶,反而充滿瞭引人入勝的戲劇張力。這種將深刻的社會學思考融入大眾娛樂文本的能力,絕對是這本書最值得稱贊的一點,它讓不同層次的讀者都能從中獲得屬於自己的樂趣和啓示。
評分從文學性的角度來看,這本書在人物塑造方麵展現齣一種令人驚喜的深度,尤其是在描繪主角與孤獨感、身份認同之間的掙紮時。錶麵上看,這是一個關於尋寶和高科技的狂歡,但深入挖掘,它觸及瞭現代社會中個體如何在高壓和信息爆炸的環境下尋找自我價值的核心命題。主角並非一個傳統意義上的“完美英雄”,他的缺陷、他的猶豫、他對於現實世界的不適應,反而讓這個角色顯得無比立體和貼近人心。看到他如何在虛擬身份的光環和現實身份的卑微之間搖擺,那種掙紮和最終的蛻變,是非常有力量感的。作者沒有簡單地給齣“逃避=勝利”的答案,而是通過情節的推進,巧妙地暗示瞭虛擬與現實的平衡點纔是真正的“終極寶藏”,這種哲學思辨的融入,極大地提升瞭作品的層次感。
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