The highly anticipated sequel to the beloved worldwide bestseller Ready Player One, the near-future adventure that inspired the blockbuster Steven Spielberg film.
AN UNEXPECTED QUEST. TWO WORLDS AT STAKE. ARE YOU READY?
Days after winning OASIS founder James Halliday’s contest, Wade Watts makes a discovery that changes everything.
Hidden within Halliday’s vaults, waiting for his heir to find, lies a technological advancement that will once again change the world and make the OASIS a thousand times more wondrous—and addictive—than even Wade dreamed possible.
With it comes a new riddle, and a new quest—a last Easter egg from Halliday, hinting at a mysterious prize.
And an unexpected, impossibly powerful, and dangerous new rival awaits, one who’ll kill millions to get what he wants.
Wade’s life and the future of the OASIS are again at stake, but this time the fate of humanity also hangs in the balance.
Lovingly nostalgic and wildly original as only Ernest Cline could conceive it, Ready Player Two takes us on another imaginative, fun, action-packed adventure through his beloved virtual universe, and jolts us thrillingly into the future once again.
Review
Praise for Ready Player One“Enchanting . . . Willy Wonka meets The Matrix.”—USA Today
“An addictive read . . . part intergalactic scavenger hunt, part romance, and all heart.”—CNN
“Ridiculously fun and large-hearted.”—NPR
“A geek fantasia, ’80s culture memoir and commentary on the future of online behavior all at once.”—Austin American Statesman
“Delightful . . . the grown-up’s Harry Potter.”—HuffPost
“As one adventure leads expertly to the next, time simply evaporates.”—Entertainment Weekly
“A geek touchstone.”—Rolling Stone
“Gorgeously geeky, superbly entertaining, [and] spectacularly successful.”—Daily Mail (UK)
NAMED ONE OF AMERICA’S 100 MOST-LOVED BOOKS BY PBS’s THE GREAT AMERICAN READ
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY • SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE • THE VILLAGE VOICE • CHICAGO SUN-TIMES • io9 • THE A.V. CLUB
About the Author
Ernest Cline is a #1 New York Times bestselling novelist, screenwriter, father, and full-time geek. He is the author of the novels Ready Player One and Armada and co-screenwriter of the film adaptation of Ready Player One, directed by Steven Spielberg. His books have been published in over fifty countries and have spent more than 100 weeks onthe New York Times bestsellers list. He lives in Austin, Texas, with his family, a time-traveling DeLorean, and a large collection of classic video games.
Product details
- Item Weight : 644 g
- Hardcover : 384 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1524761338
- Publisher : Ballantine Books (24 November 2020)
- ISBN-13 : 978-1524761332
- Product Dimensions : 15.56 x 2.46 x 23.5 cm
- Language: : English
Who else is ready to return to the OASIS? We’re nearly a month away from the release of Ernest Cline’s latest novel, Ready Player Two, the much-anticipated sequel to the 2011 sci-fi novel Ready Player One. For years, details on the anticipated sequel were pretty impossible to come by, but now that the release is so close (November 24!), we know a few exciting things about the book, including the plot.
We’re going off of the official description of the book for a couple of these, but there are some other interesting tidbits I’ve pulled together about the book’s release as well. Also, this article contains a couple of big spoilers from Ready Player One, but if you haven’t read the book yet, it’s unlikely you’re clamoring for details about the sequel. Still, if you’ve only seen the movie, I suggest turning back now and reading the original book, which plays out a bit differently though it gets to a similar conclusion.
There’s A Game-Changing Technological Advancement For The OASIS
The synopsis for the book starts out by explaining that mere days after Wade Watts wins the hunt for the eggs and secures his place as the heir to the OASIS, he discovers “a technological advancement that will once again change the world and make the OASIS a thousand times more wondrous — and addictive — than even Wade dreamed possible.”
This new technological advancement sounds amazing… or does it? The “and addictive” part gives me pause. At the end of Ready Player One, Halliday discourages Wade from hiding inside the OASIS forever. He considered that a lesson he learned too late in life. So maybe there’s a reason he left this new piece of technology in the vault, rather than upgrading the OASIS before he died.
There’s A New Quest Offering A Mysterious Prize
Along with the technological advancement found in the vault is a riddle with a new quest for Halliday’s last Easter Egg, which hints at a mysterious prize. This is another great tease in the book’s description, as we know Halliday’s a quirky guy. It could be anything. Wade’s avatar is already immortal and all-powerful as of the end of Ready Player One. What could possibly top that?
I’m also wondering if we’re going to see all of Wade’s quest for the final Easter Egg. It took Wade years to crack the first clue in the original hunt for the eggs. Will we dive straight into the hunt for this new prize in Ready Player Two? Or will the story move drastically forward in time after the introduction and pick up at a later point in his ownership of the OASIS, where he’s still searching for Halliday’s last Easter egg but also busy running things in cyberspace? We’ll have to wait and see.
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