Ready player one / Ernest Cline.
By: Cline, Ernest [author.]
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TextEdition: First paperback editionDescription: 374 pages ; 21 cmISBN: 9780307887443; 0307887448; 9781784754792Subject(s): Regression (Civilization) -- Fiction | Virtual reality -- Fiction | Shared virtual environments -- Fiction | Utopias -- Fiction | Puzzles -- FictionGenre/Form: Science fiction. LOC classification: PS3603.L548 | R43 2011bSummary: "In the year 2044, reality is an ugly place. The only time teenage Wade Watts really feels alive is when he's jacked into the virtual utopia known as the Oasis. Wade's devoted his life to studying the puzzles hidden within this world's digital confines -- puzzles that are based on their creator's obsession with the pop culture of decades past and that promise massive power and fortune to whoever can unlock them. But when Wade stumbles upon the first clue, he finds himself beset by players willing to kill to take this ultimate prize. The race is on, and if Wade's going to survive, he'll have to win -- and confront the real world he's always been so desperate to escape"--Page 2 of cover.
| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| Science Fiction | Hāwera LibraryPlus Fiction | Fiction | CLIN (Browse shelf) | Checked out | 13/07/2020 | i2166368 | |
| Science Fiction | Stratford Fiction | Fiction | CLI (Browse shelf) | Available | A0081176X |
"In the year 2044, reality is an ugly place. The only time teenage Wade Watts really feels alive is when he's jacked into the virtual utopia known as the Oasis. Wade's devoted his life to studying the puzzles hidden within this world's digital confines -- puzzles that are based on their creator's obsession with the pop culture of decades past and that promise massive power and fortune to whoever can unlock them. But when Wade stumbles upon the first clue, he finds himself beset by players willing to kill to take this ultimate prize. The race is on, and if Wade's going to survive, he'll have to win -- and confront the real world he's always been so desperate to escape"--Page 2 of cover.
Comment by Nicola
07/02/2018I loved this book and I highly recommend it, especially if you're a child of the 80s.