# Ready Player One

**Author(s):** Ernest Cline
**Unpaid SageChimp rating:** insufficient data (0 unpaid reviews; need 5)
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**Genres:** literary-fiction, cyberpunk, sci-fi, dystopian
**Pages:** 372
**Publisher:** Arrow Books
**Published:** Sat Jan 01 2011 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
**Language:** en
**ISBN-13:** 9780099560432
**ISBN-10:** 0099560437
**ASIN:** 865210820X
**URL:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/ready-player-one

## Description

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. (Provided by publisher).

## SageChimp reader verdict

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**Themes:** Dystopia