When I was a teenager the cool guy was still Superman and no one was giving a second glance at Clark Kent. But in the last ten years, there has been a radical change in the representation of heros in books and movies. Let's just say that if they had to remake Hercules today Iolaus would be the central hero. It's the revenge of the nerd Era and there hasn't been a better time than this one for books like Ready Player One, by Ernest Cline.
Jump in OASIS, a hyper-realistic, alternative reality!
In a not so distant future almost everyone logs in the OASIS to escape from a reality that it's better off forgotten. Our hero Wade Watts sets out on a mission: find an Easter egg hidden inside the OASIS by its wackadoodle creator, James Halliday.
With reference to the 80' geek pop culture and a hero that resemble Marty McFly, from back to the future, Ernest Cline pulls you into a universe where the only limitation is your mind. The OASIS is the perfect place to be whoever you want to be, and who you are there, matters more than your real self. In this dystopian world, people have lost contact with reality transferring work, human interactions, education, relationships, anything apart from body functions, on the net. Which sounds as much intriguing as scary at the same time, since this "distant/fantasy" future seems a little to close to our reality.
The world build and the characters are not just good they are outstanding. Maybe I've tampered with the 80' references, which have fed my nerdy soul as sweet geeky candies, but this is in my modest and humble opinion one of the best dystopian/sci-fi book ever written, and I will go as far as saying that will ever be written. I mean the writer himself did hide an easter egg in the hardcover's edition of the book, and the reward was a freaking Delorean! Just for that, this book deserves a 5 out of 5 stars.
Movie vs Book review on the way!
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