[Coco] Ready Player One

[Juan Castro]

DUDE! I found the Brazilian edition of this book in a bookstore YESTERDAY!
I sat there and read the first eight chapters like it was nothing. (Only
stopped because I had to pick up my kid somewhere else.) I'll probably buy
the original, though, translations always lose something.

OTOH, I like the Brazilian cover better, because it uses The Arcade Font.
WHich one to buy? Decisions, decisions.

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On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 3:36 PM, John W. Linville <linville at tuxdriver.com>wrote:

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ready_Player_One
>
> I finished this book a couple of months ago.  I'm still shocked that
> I can't find any reference to it on this mailing list!  Am I the only
> one of us who has read this book?
>
> The book is set in a dystopic future, where people worldwide have
> turned to spending most of their time in an immersive virtual reality
> where they can be practically anything -- kinda like a totally
> realistic version of World of Warcraft or other modern MMORPG.
>
> The main story is a quest to find an Easter Egg left by the creator
> of the game, as a key to inheriting his vast fortune (and control of
> OASIS, the gaming platform).  The quest is filled with all sorts of
> 80's and geek cultural references, many of which are clues to finding
> the Easter Egg.
>
> The big kicker is that the fictional creator of OASIS got his start
> with a Tandy Color Computer!  In fact, at one point in the book a
> key part of the action involves the main character playing through
> a marathon session of Dungeons of Daggorath!  I was smiling so hard
> while reading that part that I thought my face was going to crack...
>
> Anyway, if you haven't read this book then run (don't walk!) to Amazon,
> B&N, or whatever and get a copy for yourself.  Highly recommended,
> and no doubt a great warm-up to get into the spirit for CoCoFEST!
>
> John
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