Ready Player One

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This was a fun story. It is an interesting twist on a future dystopian world in which conditions are so bad for so many people that they choose to live most of their waking hours with in a world of virtual reality cyber games. It started to say video games, but they are so much more,due to the advanced VR technology available. In this tale pitting the individuals against the huge corporate evil, our heros are forced to literally battle to save their virtual world in the dimension of VR cyber games. The story in interesting, and i especially loved the ending, in which . . . you'll have to find out. The book was more than generously ordained with 1980's culture references, not just limited to video games of that era, but also references to music, books, and films. I enjoyed all the cultural name-dropping except that it was excessive in parts. The references to the games of the era were almost totally lost to me, because, although i am of the same generation, i was never into computer and video games. But it was fun getting glimpses into the games i missed during my sheltered adolescence. Anyone who was interested in video games back in the 80s will probably find this book a delightful trip down memory lane, in addition to the adventure that it is. It is not one of my favorites, but it was a good time.

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