Ready Player One is a fantastic futuristic adventure set both within a near future dystopian America and a utopian online virtual reality game known as the OASIS. If this wasn’t cool enough the author Earnie Cline has blended all this together with a plethora of nostalgic 80′s pop culture. The story is on one hand an epic quest to unlock secrets hidden within the massive online game and claim the reward of a lifetime, to become the owner of the OASIS itself and stop an evil organisation taking control. Whilst on the other hand it presents us with a real world which is dying, whose economical and ecological collapse is ignored by a global society plugged into a virtual distraction. Earnie Cline tackles these two worlds with superb imagination and sensitivity, as only a passionate gamer could, pointing out both the problems and wonderful opportunities of online worlds. Ready Player One is exciting, funny and thought provoking. Check it out!

also worth exploring is EarnieCline.com here you’ll find everything else he’s been invloved with including a project to make the best 80′s car mash up you’ve ever seen! (image linked below)

and if your interested here’s some concept art for the upcoming Ready Player One Film