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Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 384 p.

Hardcover. The bestselling cult classic--soon to be a major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg. At once wildly original and stuffed with irresistible nostalgia, READY PLAYER ONE is a spectacularly genre-busting, ambitious, and charming debut--part quest novel, part love story, and part virtual space opera set in a universe where spell-slinging mages battle giant Japanese robots, entire planets are inspired by Blade Runner, and flying DeLoreans achieve light speed. It's the year 2045, and the real world is an ugly place. Like most of humanity, Wade Watts escapes his grim surroundings by spending his waking hours jacked into the OASIS, a sprawling virtual utopia that lets you be anything you want to be, a place where you can live and play and fall in love on any of ten thousand planets. And like most of humanity, Wade dreams of being the one to discover the ultimate lottery ticket that lies concealed within this virtual world. For somewhere inside this giant networked playground, OASIS creator James Halliday has hidden a series of fiendish puzzles that will yield massive fortune--and remarkable power--to whoever can unlock them. For years, millions have struggled fruitlessly to attain this prize, knowing only that Halliday's riddles are based in the pop culture he loved--that of the late twentieth century. And for years, millions have found in this quest another means of escape, retreating into happy, obsessive study of Halliday's icons. Like many of his contemporaries, Wade is as comfortable debating the finer points of John Hughes's oeuvre, playing Pac-Man, or reciting Devo lyrics as he is scrounging power to run his OASIS rig. And then Wade stumbles upon the first puzzle. Suddenly the whole world is watching, and thousands of competitors join the hunt--among them certain powerful players who are willing to commit very real murder to beat Wade to this prize. Now the only way for Wade to survive and preserve everything he knows is to win. But to do so, he may have to leave behind his oh-so-perfect virtual existence and face up to life--and love--in the real world he's always been so desperate to escape. A world at stake. A quest for the ultimate prize. Are you ready? Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

P 384.

Black boards with white writing on spine; top and bottom of book spine slightly rumpled. Small dirt mark on front board; crease on bottom of back dust jacket. Slight shelf wear on top and bottom of dust jacket spine. Price of $24.00 on front dust jacket flap; book has tight binding and pages still look in excellent condition. Crown First Edition; Fifth Printing as indicated by number line of "10 9 8 7 6 5" on copyright page. Cline's debut novel that is a homage to all that was the 1980s and made into a blockbuster movie directed by Steven Spielberg. Hardcover and original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Mylar cover.

In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Ballantine Books, 2011-08-16. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Stated First Edition/First Printing with the complete number line; a Very Good book in a Near Fine dust jacket. An outstanding copy of this wildly popular debut novel, the basis for the excellent film directed by Stephen Spielberg. This copy is in very good condition showing some mild rubbing to the boards, spine ends, and edges, a light general age-toning to the pages, and a couple of faint smudges to the free papers. Housed in a clean and bright near fine dust jacket that shows light rubbing to the top edges and spine ends, and some inconspicuous staining to the panels and the verso of the panels (invisible externally) . Not remaindered, not price clipped, and not ex-library; in archival protection.

1st printing. A beautiful, clean, unmarked copy in a fine dust jacket!

First Edition/1st Printing. Hardcover in dust jacket. Dust jacket is protected by a mylar sleeve so reflections are present in the photos above. Front and rear boards of book have white blemishes. Spine ends are bumped. No remainder mark, names, notes, underlining or highlighting. Book will be well padded in bubble wrap and shipped in a sturdy box. A2

First edition w/complete number line, hardcover, has shallow bowing to the boards, bumps to the spine ends and cover corners with short splits to the paper at the corners, rubbing with light smudging across the exterior, slight dulling to the edges of the text block, and a previous owner's name in marker at the head of the front pastedown with its ghost to the fly leaf. Overall, this is a solid, Very Good copy in a bright and unclipped, Very Good+ dust jacket, which has bumps with slight creasing to the spine ends and corners, mild wear to the edges, light rubbing across the panels, and faint sunning to the spine. The jacket is wrapped in Mylar.