Award Winning Audiobook: Ready Player One
by BugsAndSlugs
Ready Player One 2011. 15 hrs., 41 min.
Awards: The book received an Alex Award from the American Library Association and won the 2012 Prometheus Award.
Author: Ernest Cline
Narrator: Wil Wheaton
Synopsis:
It is the year 2044, and Wade Watts is like everyone else - he escapes the horrible circumstances of his life by spending nearly all his time in the OASIS, a limitless world of virtual reality. Ready Player One is the story of a massive treasure hunt, where clues are only solved by players with the greatest knowledge of 1980s pop culture, and the quest for money and power undermines the future of the human race. This fast paced and engaging audiobook is enhanced by Wil Wheaton’s expert voice acting, and as a self proclaimed geek, the narrator is a perfect fit. "Ready Player One" the movie, directed by Steven Spielberg, will be in theaters on December 15th, 2017!!!
For similar audiobooks, check out:
Surface Detail by Iain Banks
Makers by Cory Doctorow
Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson
The Magicians Trilogy by Lev Grossman
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Comments
Wheaton does a nice job with
Wheaton does a nice job with <a href="http://www.aadl.org/catalog/record/1431261">Redshirts</a> by John Scalzi, too.
I was very impress with Wil
I was very impress with Wil Wheaton's treatment of this audiobook. Enough that I considered actually sending him fanmail (gasp) congratulating him on really nailing a great reading of this fantastic story.