Ready Player One

亞馬遜網路書店2011年科幻 / 奇幻類年度最佳小說
目眩神迷媲美《阿凡達》驚險刺激更勝《駭客任務》

　　失去雙親、寄居在刻薄姨媽家的韋德，唯一能感受溫暖的地方就是「綠洲」：人類在「綠洲」選擇分身，追求真實世界不受認可的身分。「綠洲」是韋德唯一的「逃生艙」，那是他的避難所，也是他的遊樂場。

　　「綠洲」創辦人哈勒代逝世後，留下了沒有指定繼承人的財產：他在綠洲裡藏了程式彩蛋，只要找到彩蛋，就能獨得2億4千萬美金。一向討厭現實生活、覺得電玩人生比較好過的韋德，從哈勒代的遺囑看到了希望：他能擁有不一樣的生活！對哈勒代愛好的電玩、電影、遊戲無所不知的韋德，有機會解答他設下的重重謎題！

　　韋德從此把尋找彩蛋當成生活的重心，殊不知，成為「尋蛋客」的那一天起，他也捲入了橫跨虛擬與真實的正邪之爭。在一連串充滿驚奇與鬥智的財產爭奪戰裡，朋友可能是敵人、愛人就是對手，韋德是最終的贏家嗎？一場攸關生死、情感糾葛的冒險旅程即將開始……

　　★本書中譯版《一級玩家》由麥田出版。

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Now a major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg.

＂Enchanting . . . Willy Wonka meets The Matrix.＂--USA Today - ＂As one adventure leads expertly to the next, time simply evaporates.＂--Entertainment Weekly

A 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’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--and control of the OASIS itself.

Then Wade cracks the first clue. Suddenly he’s beset by rivals who’ll kill to take this prize. The race is on--and the only way to survive is to win.

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Entertainment Weekly - San Francisco Chronicle - Village Voice - Chicago Sun-Times - iO9 - The AV Club

＂Delightful . . . the grown-up’s Harry Potter.＂--HuffPost

＂An addictive read . . . part intergalactic scavenger hunt, part romance, and all heart.＂--CNN

＂A most excellent ride . . . Cline stuffs his novel with a cornucopia of pop culture, as if to wink to the reader.＂--Boston Globe

＂Ridiculously fun and large-hearted . . . Cline is that rare writer who can translate his own dorky enthusiasms into prose that’s both hilarious and compassionate.＂--NPR

＂[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.＂--iO9

作者簡介

恩斯特．克萊恩（Ernest Cline）

　　當過快餐廚師，曾以挖魚內臟來為生，還是個優秀的錄影帶店店員、科技產品不離身的遊手好閒者。然而，他主要從事的一直都是滿嘴技客術語的工作。最後，他決定拋開這些前途燦爛的生涯，以口語藝術家和編劇的身分，全職地表達他對流行文化的熱愛。二○○九年他所編劇的電影《星際大戰粉絲男孩》（Fanboys）出乎他意料地引發一股星戰狂熱現象。目前恩斯特．克萊恩與妻女定居於美國德州的奧斯汀市，家裡收藏不計其數的經典電玩。《一級玩家》是他的第一部小說創作，二○一一年上市後不僅攻占各暢銷榜，更名列《今日美國報》二○一一年百大名人榜（USA Today Top 100 People of 2011 List）第二十九名。

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ERNEST CLINE is an internationally best-selling novelist, screenwriter, father, and full-time geek. He is the author of the novels Ready Player One and Armada and co-screenwriter of the film adaptation of Ready Player One, directed by Steven Spielberg. His books have been published in over fifty countries and have spent more than 100 weeks onThe New York Times bestseller list. He lives in Austin, Texas, with his family, a time-traveling DeLorean, and a large collection of classic video games.