Ready Player One

Key Takeaways

Kyle, in 2017 in Books: This started out as the only fiction book I was going to read this year. But as I read it, I got so engrossed in it, I finished it in a single flight and had everything I had felt about reading fiction as a kid come rushing back. I heard once that this book is required reading at Occulus, the VR company owned by Facebook. I think we would benefit if more fiction was written about what the future could actually look like in the near term. Many thanks to my wife Camden for finally convincing me to read it.

Connections

• Science Fiction — rated 5/5 by Kyle; a Dystopia set inside a virtual reality game world, exploring Gaming culture and digital identity.
• Steven Spielberg — directed the 2018 film adaptation; the book is dense with 1980s pop-culture references Spielberg’s era embodies.

Highlights

From Roam

Roam page metadata — Author: Ernest Cline · Reading Status: Books Read · Source: https://medium.com/@kwharrison13/2017-in-books-b2316c63784a · Recommended By: Chad Harrison Camden Harrison · Tags: #Books