What Are You Reading? - Page 23

usagi_tetsu · 05-22-2012, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by acesn8s

I am reading, Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. A very easy read, but enormously entertaining. Set in a dystopian future, it basically boils down to an online treasure hunt for the greatest video game Easter Egg of all time. The winner becomes the new owner of the largest video game company in the world (picture something 5x the size and wealth of Microsoft and Apple combined).

The secret to the hunt is tied in the Owner's past, so the virtual reality world is chock full of 70s and 80s references (Music, TV shows and movies, video games, books, RPGs, etc).

Told you that you'd get a kick out of that one. Glad you're enjoying it.

Almost finished with The Way of Kings, the first in Brandon Sanderson's epic Stormlight Archive series. Really liking it, and the reveals at the end of this book have me looking forward to the rest of the series. Sanderson and Patrick Rothfuss are really the best epic fantasy authors of this generation.

Next up - Robopocalypse by Daniel Wilson. Been on my list for a while, and I feel like doing something sci-fi. We'll see if it holds a candle to World War Z.

Listessa · 05-23-2012, 02:56 AM

Wideacre by Philippa Gregory, and Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter.

The first one is pretty good so far. I'm not as attached to Abraham, though I just started it. I'm glad I downloaded it on a sale day.

acesn8s · 05-24-2012, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by usagi_tetsu

Told you that you'd get a kick out of that one. Glad you're enjoying it.

Almost finished with The Way of Kings, the first in Brandon Sanderson's epic Stormlight Archive series. Really liking it, and the reveals at the end of this book have me looking forward to the rest of the series. Sanderson and Patrick Rothfuss are really the best epic fantasy authors of this generation.

Next up - Robopocalypse by Daniel Wilson. Been on my list for a while, and I feel like doing something sci-fi. We'll see if it holds a candle to World War Z.

I finished Ready Player One in 24 hours.

Friggin book pretty much read itself.

CJOttawa · 05-24-2012, 12:05 PM

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usagi_tetsu · Yesterday, 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by acesn8s

I finished Ready Player One in 24 hours.

Friggin book pretty much read itself.

The Ernest Cline goodness starts at about 5:20. Enjoy.

Odd how they posted this up just today. Odd, but happy coincidence.

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05-24-2012, 12:05 PM	#224 (permalink)
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