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Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)

Ernest Cline · 2011 · Book

Fiction, Contemporany

In 10 Achriom libraries · rated 4.3 of 5

This novel explores a dystopian future where individuals escape their bleak reality by immersing themselves in a vast virtual world filled with 1980s pop culture references.

ContemporaryVirtual Reality as a Social EscapeNostalgia for the 1980sThe Quest for Identity in a Digital AgeConsumer Culture in a Dystopian FutureFriendship and Collaboration Across Virtual Spaces

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