READY PLAYER ONE: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER &bull, Now a major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg.&ldquo,Enchanting . . . Willy Wonka meets The Matrix.&rdquo,&mdash,USA Today &bull, &ldquo,As one adventure leads expertly to the next, time simply evaporates.&rdquo,&mdash,Entertainment WeeklyA world at stake. A quest for the ultimate prize. Are you ready?In the year 2045, reality is an ugly place. The only time Wade Watts really feels alive is when he&rsquo,s jacked into the OASIS, a vast virtual world where most of humanity spends their days.When the eccentric creator of the OASIS dies, he leaves behind a series of fiendish puzzles, based on his obsession with the pop culture of decades past. Whoever is first to solve them will inherit his vast fortune&mdash,and control of the OASIS itself. Then Wade cracks the first clue. Suddenly he&rsquo,s beset by rivals who&rsquo,ll kill to take this prize. The race is on&mdash,and the only way to survive is to win.NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Entertainment Weekly &bull, San Francisco Chronicle &bull, Village Voice &bull, Chicago Sun-Times &bull, iO9 &bull, The AV Club&ldquo,Delightful . . . the grown-up&rsquo,s Harry Potter.&rdquo,&mdash,HuffPost&ldquo,An addictive read . . . part intergalactic scavenger hunt, part romance, and all heart.&rdquo,&mdash,CNN&ldquo,A most excellent ride . . . Cline stuffs his novel with a cornucopia of pop culture, as if to wink to the reader.&rdquo,&mdash,Boston Globe&ldquo,Ridiculously fun and large-hearted . . . Cline is that rare writer who can translate his own dorky enthusiasms into prose that&rsquo,s both hilarious and compassionate.&rdquo,&mdash,NPR&ldquo,[A] fantastic page-turner . . . starts out like a simple bit of fun and winds up feeling like a rich and plausible picture of future friendships in a world not too distant from our own.&rdquo,&mdash,iO9