The first theme I’d like to discuss is that of illusion vs reality. There are many to choose from but I have chosen four of the strongest themes which I discuss next: What’s interesting about it?Įrnest Cline tackles a lot of different ideas in his nostalgic dystopia. He then finally gets to meet his online friends in real life. Wade pulls through to the final clue, solves it and wins the egg and the entire fortune. Wade invites the entire oasis to the battle and everyone shows up to bash the sixers. With help from his friends, they work together to get to the second clue.

Then he pleads with the rest of the big five to work with him to defeat the sixers. Wade breaks into the Sixers real-life company and dismantles them from the inside. But the sixers have no idea how to solve the final clue and they are stuck. But Art3mis and Aech get the second big clue before Wade does.Ī couple more months go by and the Sixers find the final clue before everyone else and block everyone from getting it like the dirty bastards they are. The breakup with Art3mis forces Wade to reevaluate his life and he gets back into the egg hunt. Art3mis ghosts Wade explaining that dating her during the egg hunt would not be a good idea. Four other Gunters, Art3mis, Aech, Daito and Shoto find the first clue after Wade and the five of them become “The big five” as they are the first five people on the leaderboards.Īs well as the Gunters, a dangerous elitist company nicknamed the “Sixers” or the “Sux0rz” also hunts for the egg ready to kill anyone who stands in their way, they want to control the entire Oasis and if they find the egg they will turn the Oasis from a beautiful utopia to a censored, over-advertised club which only the rich can afford.Ī couple of months pass and Wade struggles to keep his head in the game as he falls for the avatar Art3mis.

Wade is suddenly an instant celebrity and the entire Oasis goes batshit crazy looking for the egg again.

One day he stumbles upon the first of three big clues leading to the egg. These are the true egg hunters or “Gunters” as they call themselves. Initially, everyone starts looking for the egg but after five years only fifteen thousand remains. As we discover, the creator of the Oasis, James Halliday is dead and right before his death, he created a digital Easter egg and competition where whoever finds it gets all of his enormous fortune and power over the entire Oasis. Wade Watts lives in a bleak future where everyone hides from reality using a revolutionary virtual reality technology called the “Oasis”. Spoiler alert: There are going to be a few minor reveals but I will leave most of the major spoilers out. For a book written in 2011, it was way ahead of its time and as time goes on the book continues to stay relevant. Ready player one is a dystopian sci-fi set in 2045. I have been reading a book called Ready player one, which was written in 2011 by author Ernest Cline.

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