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100			_aCline, Ernest, _eauthor. _948444
245	1	0	_aReady player one / _cErnest Cline.
260			_aLondon : _bCentury, _c2020.
300			_a1 volume ; _c21 cm
500			_aOriginally published: 2011.
500			_aFilm tie-in.
520			_at's the year 2044 and the real world has become an ugly place. Like most of humanity, Wade Watts escapes this depressing reality by spending his waking hours jacked into the OASIS, a sprawling virtual utopia when you can be anything you want to be, where you can live and play and fall in love on any of ten thousand planets. And like most of humanity, Wade is obsessed by the ultimate lottery ticket that lies concealed within this alternate reality: OASIS founder James Halliday, who dies with no heir has promised that control of the OASIS - and his massive fortune - will go to the person who can solve the riddles he has left scattered throughout his creation. For years, millions have struggled fruitlessly to attain this prize, knowing only that the riddles are based in the culture of the late 20th century. And then Wade stumbles onto the key to the first puzzle. Suddenly he finds himself pitted against thousands of competitors in a desperate race to claim the ultimate prize, as chase that soon takes on terrifying real-world dimensions - and that will leave both Wade and his world profoundly changed ..
650		0	_97448 _aRegression (Civilization) _vFiction.
650		0	_929754 _aVirtual reality _vFiction.
650		0	_949811 _aAlternate reality games _zFiction.
650		0	_911690 _aUtopias _vFiction.
650		0	_911497 _aPuzzles _vFiction.
655		0	_aScience fiction. _998
942			_2ddc _cFIC
948			_hHELD BY NZWMT - 3 OTHER HOLDINGS