Ready Player One

Ready Player One is a 2011 science fiction novel, and the debut novel of American author Ernest Cline.

A film adaptation, screenwritten by Cline and Zak Penn and directed by Steven Spielberg, was released on March 29, 2018. A sequel novel, Ready Player Two, was released on November 24, 2020.

Plot
The story, set in a dystopia in 2045, follows protagonist Wade Watts on his search for an Easter egg in a worldwide virtual reality game, the discovery of which would lead him to inherit the game creator's fortune.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) The setting was handled very well, especially when the book took place in the year, 2045.
 * 2) It used several pop-culture references, which it is not unnecessary pop-culture reference. This is example done right.
 * 3) Nolan Sorrento is an excellent villain, who has the objective to find Halliday's Easter Egg by any means necessary so that he may take over and monetize the OASIS.
 * 4) *In addition, i-R0k and F'nale Zandor are a great secondary villain.
 * 5) The idea of a virtual world in 2045 by the avatars finding the keys by completing clue to win the Easter egg prize is really amazing.
 * 6) It earned the fantastic movie adaptation for Steven Spielberg in 2018.
 * 7) Many characters are awesome.
 * 8) Wade Owen Watts a.k.a. Parzival is a orphan living with his aunt in the "stacks" surrounding metropolitan Oklahoma City who wants to find the keys.
 * 9) Samantha Cook a.k.a. Art3mis is a famous female gunter and blogger.