Ready Player One.
Ernest Cline
Recommended for fans of: Minecraft
Genre: Science fiction / Adventure
First published: 2011
About the book.
In a future where the real world has become increasingly difficult and unpleasant, millions of people escape into the OASIS — a vast virtual world where almost anything is possible.
Wade Watts is one of the many people who spend their lives inside the OASIS. When its creator dies, he leaves behind a seemingly impossible challenge: hidden somewhere inside the virtual world is an Easter egg, and whoever finds it will inherit his enormous fortune.
Wade becomes obsessed with solving the puzzles and exploring the OASIS in search of the prize. But he soon discovers that he isn't the only person looking. What begins as a virtual treasure hunt becomes a race involving powerful corporations, dangerous competitors and the future of the OASIS itself.
What to expect.
Ready Player One is a fast-paced adventure built around exploration, discovery, hidden secrets and the excitement of finding something that other people have overlooked.
If you enjoy Minecraft because of the feeling that there is always somewhere else to explore, another secret to uncover or another strange place waiting beyond the horizon, this book captures some of that same sense of curiosity.
Expect virtual worlds, puzzles, hidden clues, competition, friendship and a huge environment filled with things to discover. It's less about building than Minecraft, but it shares that feeling of entering a world where you never quite know what you might find next.