Author: Ernest Cline
Publication Date: August 16, 2011
Time Setting: 2044 (The date that the hunt had began for Halliday’s Easter Egg after his death).
Pages: 384
Geographical Setting: Futuristic United States
Appeals: Funny, nostalgic, and Fast paced
Writing Style: Jargon-filled and richly detailed
Point of View: First person perspective. It is told through the character, Wade Watts.
Subject: Regression (Civilization)—Fiction, Virtual reality—Fiction, Utopias—Fiction, Puzzles—Fiction.
Synopsis: In 2044, the world is in shambles. The world is revolved around a multiplayer online simulation game, OASIS. James Halliday and Ogden Morrow created OASIS. The OASIS is filled with 1980s nostalgia because it is decade Halliday grew up in. When James Halliday dies, he has no heirs and he leaves his money in an Easter egg hidden in the OASIS. The winner of the hunt will gain a fortune and a major stake in the company Halliday and Morrow created. The winner must collect Copper, Jade, and Crystal keys and pass through the matching gates. Years later, nobody has found the egg and it has created a world of gunters.
Finally, an 18-year-old boy, Wade Watts collects the first key and thus begins the journey for all keys. Wade goes on this adventure with Aech, Art3mis, Daito, and Shoto and they compete with Innovative Online Industries for the egg throughout the novel. This novel is thrilling and exciting. This novel gives a nostalgic look of the 1980s and how this decade is incorporated into a virtual world.
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