Must-Read

[miketheknife]

I have to make a separate post about this one because I feel it's basically tailor-made for this group. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline



http://www.amazon.com/Ready-Player-One-Ernest-Cline/dp/030788743X

If anyone read the Otherland series, it's basically that if a)Tad Williams didn't hate his readers or b) Michael Crichton had written it trying to sell a movie script.

In a nutshell--a guy creates an MMO that goes worldwide. He makes a 'treasure hunt' in the game that goes live when he dies. He grew up in the 80's so he is obsessed with it and his MMO and the treasure hunt are all about 80's pop culture references.

It's got games, music, movies, and TV references up the wazoo. The story is pretty simple but there are some great scenes in there. I honestly think I would recommend this book to anyone at this website as long as you are looking for a relatively brief but engrossing and easy-to-read story. For 2 days over the weekend this book was pretty much the only thing I did besides eat.

[YEM]

I haven't read it, but I've heard very good things about this book

[Scidad23]

Read that a few months ago, really liked it. Did remind me of Otherland but more 80's focused obviously. I liked Otherland much more, but I dont mind reading 10,000 pages to get to the end of a story!

[Falling Man]

I've been reading this book throughout the week and it is pretty awesome. As MTK mentioned I would recommend it to anyone of our group here for the fact of gaming/movie/music references alone.

[miketheknife]

New book by this guy coming out

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118063116


notable quote:

Plot details are currently being kept under wraps, but film rights are expected to sell quickly, as "Armada" features a high-concept hook that offers the ultimate wish fulfillment to every video game fan on the planet.

And that is quite a lofty promise

[Clem]

notable quote:

offers the ultimate wish fulfillment to every video game fan on the planet.

And that is quite a lofty promise

Peter Molyneux makes that promise a couple times per week.

[houdinisangel]

...that offers the ultimate wish fulfillment to every video game fan on the planet.

Well it's either 1) Lara Croft for my every possible enjoyment or 2) A non-raging, unmuted lobby, and lag free night of public matches in Call of Duty

Given that, the odds probably favor #1

[Lambshot23]

I started ready this book this week and man I can't put it down. I love the 80's references and overall story.

[Wrekcut]

Great recommendation. I can't remember a book that I had this much fun reading.


Hell, I really enjoy reading, but I can't ever thinking "man that was fun". I can now, that was a fun read.

[YEM]

Finished up this book last night. Awesome book. Couldn't put it down