Ready Player One
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Checked facts about Ready Player One
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- Publication
- First published on August 16, 2011. (Wikidata; read November 6, 2026)
- This edition
- The edition checked here is a 374-page paperback from Broadway Paperbacks. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026)
- Prizes
- It received the Alex Award in 2012. (Wikidata, citing ala.org; read November 6, 2026)
- Prizes
- It received the Prometheus Award in 2012. (Wikidata, citing lfs.org; read November 6, 2026)
The story behind Ready Player One
- Cline says the book began with the idea of a video game designer holding a contest inside a virtual world he had built. (interview, HuffPost, August 17, 2011; read November 6, 2026)
- He then saw that the designer's puzzles could draw on the pop culture of the 1980s. (interview, HuffPost, August 17, 2011; read November 6, 2026)
- He spent several years filling notebooks before the story came together. (interview, HuffPost, August 17, 2011; read November 6, 2026)
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Story types
Topics
- 1980s in video gaming
- Massively multiplayer online role-playing game
- Puzzles
- Regression (Civilization)
- Utopias
- Virtual reality
Places
- Ohio
Book type
- Novel
Published
- 2010s
Reading ages
- Adult
- Ages 15+
Prizes
- Alex Award
- Prometheus Award
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