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Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)

Questions About Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)

by Ernest Cline (Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author)

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I want to read more books like that one! Please recommend :)
Jason Cox I just finished RPO and found it to be awesome!

3 that I would recommend are:

1. Neuromancer by William Gibson
2. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
3. Snow…m´Ç°ù±ðI just finished RPO and found it to be awesome!

3 that I would recommend are:

1. Neuromancer by William Gibson
2. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
3. Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

All of those are excellent reads, fast-paced, and leave you wanting more. (less)
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Will only gamers understand this, or can a person who's never really played any video games figure out what's happening?
Jen Seeing as how the author over explains everything, you'll be just fine.…m´Ç°ù±ðSeeing as how the author over explains everything, you'll be just fine.(less)
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Is it just me, or is this book highly overrated???
Cristina No, it's not just you. I think that, technically speaking, RP1 isn't a good book at all. It's poorly written, has very little character development, a…m´Ç°ù±ðNo, it's not just you. I think that, technically speaking, RP1 isn't a good book at all. It's poorly written, has very little character development, and there are way too many plot contrivances. Not to mention that it's really not an originial book or even concept. It's more of a remix of a lot of tried-and-true ideas executed poorly.

But what it is--is addictive.

RP1 employs some pretty cool plot contrivances that make you want to read more, even if you know the ending. The multiple stages of Halliday's contest--and the admittedly fun aspect of watching Wade "wade" through each stage--will compel most readers to stay and see what happens. There's a reason why video games are so addictive and Cline lifts a lot of the addictive aspects straight from the games themselves. I must give him credit for that.

Addictive book =/= good book. Fun, though. (less)
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Are there really misogynistic elements in this book?
Artemis Not overtly, no, but the whole book is pervasively, obliviously sexist. Through the vast majority of the book, there's only one female character, and …m´Ç°ù±ðNot overtly, no, but the whole book is pervasively, obliviously sexist. Through the vast majority of the book, there's only one female character, and she's a love interest without any real personality or goals, whom the protagonist straight-up stalks. He even admits that what he's doing is stalking, but he doesn't stop. She asks him to stop contacting her a couple times throughout the book; he doesn't. And she eventually falls for him anyway because that ~persistence~ is just so ~romantic~.

Even aside from that, the glut of 80s references obscures the fact that /none/ of those references are to women or to things women created, making it obvious that the author doesn't consider women's contributions to the genre worth mentioning. It's entirely likely he doesn't think women contributed /anything/ to sci-fi and fantasy in the 80s.

I found it obnoxiously, gratingly sexist, but not outright misogynistic or violent or anything.
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My 12 year old son wants to know if this book is appropriate for him. What are your feelings?
Kruunch There's some colorful language here and there but I wouldn't have a problem with my 12 year old reading it.

Might be fun to go down memory lane when th…m´Ç°ù±ðThere's some colorful language here and there but I wouldn't have a problem with my 12 year old reading it.

Might be fun to go down memory lane when they ask you a ton of questions about the 80s ;)(less)
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