Ready Player Two OUT NOW

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Early reviews are
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coming in, and well, it's shit.

They're already finding transphobic shit and reeeeeing
 
Hahaha.

Now I want to see how much of the book is bad because the lesbian ISN'T a tranny.
 
A Random said:
Hahaha.

Now I want to see how much of the book is bad because the lesbian ISN'T a tranny.
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Wasnt the 1st book called out for the homophobic shit of Wade feeling angry that H never told him her real gender or sexuality, I do remember him having a whole monologue about being disgusted that she was a lesbian
 
I'm curious to read the second one since I read the first but eh, I'm struggling to see what really can be done in a sequel unless Cline actually wants to address the real impact VR could have on humanity instead of just waxing nostalgic all the time.

From what I understand reading the plot synopsis it involves a next generation version of OASIS that I assume is a neurological Matrix style thing instead of just goggles and gloves, that threatens to be interesting, doesn't mean he'll actually do anything interesting with it though.

In addition to that the original Ready Player One is now as much as a retro future as any sci fi novel from the 1950s considering it depicts a nerd culture that isn't constant political pissing contests between the right and left, I mean wow, what a concept, how is Cline going to address how much the world has changed since 2011 considering Ready Player Two takes place DAYS after the end of the first book without it either being dated or not making any sense? Is he going to say Corona is why society fell apart?

guffreaky said:
full of your favorite video game characters like Master Chief and Tracer!
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Don't forget those iconic characters from the game Battleborn which is a game people are definitely going to remember in the 2040s considering how much they remember it in the year 2020.
 
If anyone cares, it is up on b-ok.org in EPub format. You want MOBI you'll have to DIY to the file on Calibre. I don't see that format up yet.


I'm a little surprised they didn't get one of those useless DMCAs where you have to go through to Tor to get it, but that is not the case (yet.) Was able to send it straight to my phone.
 
Heyyy Bubba said:
Early reviews areView attachment 1746404 coming in, and well, it's shit.

They're already finding transphobic shit and reeeeeing
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I think the Woke Left is looking for excuses to hate on Ready Player Two because the first one was just nostalgic fun and fun is considered "problematic" in Current Year.

Ready Player One sucked, but I think a lot of the hate it gets these days is downright A-Loggy and autistic in its own right.

Dom Cruise said:
I'm curious to read the second one since I read the first but eh, I'm struggling to see what really can be done in a sequel unless Cline actually wants to address the real impact VR could have on humanity instead of just waxing nostalgic all the time.

From what I understand reading the plot synopsis it involves a next generation version of OASIS that I assume is a neurological Matrix style thing instead of just goggles and gloves, that threatens to be interesting, doesn't mean he'll actually do anything interesting with it though.

In addition to that the original Ready Player One is now as much as a retro future as any sci fi novel from the 1950s considering it depicts a nerd culture that isn't constant political pissing contests between the right and left, I mean wow, what a concept, how is Cline going to address how much the world has changed since 2011 considering Ready Player Two takes place DAYS after the end of the first book without it either being dated or not making any sense? Is he going to say Corona is why society fell apart?


Don't forget those iconic characters from the game Battleborn which is a game people are definitely going to remember in the 2040s considering how much they remember it in the year 2020.
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Ready Player Two is unnecessary and honestly should've just been left as a standalone book, especially once Ernest Cline got the movie he wanted and the Woke Left declared an autistic fatwa against the first book for some damn reason.

The tired cat said:
Wasnt the 1st book called out for the homophobic shit of Wade feeling angry that H never told him her real gender or sexuality, I do remember him having a whole monologue about being disgusted that she was a lesbian
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I've not read the book, so I'm not sure what all happened but was it really a genuinely homophobic rant or was he just upset and embarrassed because he misread the room and didn't realize she was a lesbian.
 
ITS OUT LADS

Ready Player Two: A Novel: Cline, Ernest: 9781524761332: Amazon.com: Books

Ready Player Two: A Novel [Cline, Ernest] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Ready Player Two: A Novel
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AN UNEXPECTED QUEST. TWO WORLDS AT STAKE. ARE YOU READY?

Days after winning OASIS founder James Halliday’s contest, Wade Watts makes a discovery that changes everything.

Hidden within Halliday’s vaults, waiting for his heir to find, lies a technological advancement that will once again change the world and make the OASIS a thousand times more wondrous—and addictive—than even Wade dreamed possible.

With it comes a new riddle, and a new quest—a last Easter egg from Halliday, hinting at a mysterious prize.

And an unexpected, impossibly powerful, and dangerous new rival awaits, one who’ll kill millions to get what he wants.

Wade’s life and the future of the OASIS are again at stake, but this time the fate of humanity also hangs in the balance.

Lovingly nostalgic and wildly original as only Ernest Cline could conceive it, Ready Player Two takes us on another imaginative, fun, action-packed adventure through his beloved virtual universe, and jolts us thrillingly into the future once again.
 
Syaoran Li said:
I think the Woke Left is looking for excuses to hate on Ready Player Two because the first one was just nostalgic fun and fun is considered "problematic" in Current Year.
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Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if it's getting bad reviews simply due to being a book written by a WHITE MALE in an era where it seems like everything that gets published is written by a woman or person of color.
 
Dom Cruise said:
Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if it's getting bad reviews simply due to being a book written by a WHITE MALE in an era where it seems like everything that gets published is written by a woman or person of color.
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That's why self-publishing is a god-send in the age of e-books, PDF's, Kindle, and Lulu.

Especially if you want to write genre fiction. Certain sub-genres are now primarily driven by self-publishing like romance novels with Harlequin Books seen as more or less the last romance publisher standing because they've been around for so long.

Sci-Fi and Fantasy is still semi-dominated by corporate publishers, but there's a lot more viability for self-published works there than there is in YA garbage or pretentious literary fiction. Same goes for horror as well.
 
gangweedfan said:
pls someone link me a pdf of the new book if they have one.
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Ready Player Two (9781524761356) | Cline, Ernest [Cline, Ernest] | download

Ready Player Two (9781524761356) | Cline, Ernest [Cline, Ernest] | download | Z-Library. Download books for free. Find books
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As I noted earlier, there's an EPUB and (now) a MOBI as well. Just search "Ready Player Two."

Edit: It got struck. Two minutes in Calibre, wasted. :( Not sure how it is still accessible via Tor, but I guess it is.
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Impressions at 25%:

The stuff that irritated me about the first book is still all there.

The stuff that made me on balance quite like the first book, which I did, is kinda sorta there, but well, mostly not.

So far this book reads like it was written by committee. With the HR department of a particularly woke Tech company making up said committee.

Wade/Parzival is a hapless white man. Aech is a magic negro with a dothead fiance. Shoto is barely in it. Helen/Art3mis is a shrill, humorless screechy bitch.

Just met the magic troon -- DMAB (Designated Male at Birth, to use the lingo in the book) -- who is going to help Wade save the world.

There's a quest in there, but it is buried under discussions about pronouns, having virtual sex, how selfish men are, and so on. Shocked?

There's even references to a "flu epidemic" in the past. 🙄
 
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Autumnal Equinox said:
I've only seen the movie, and the only thing I kinda got a kick out of was when they went through the simulation of the Overlook Hotel from The Shining. Found the rest of it boring. Don't know if the book is better, but it sounds really obnoxious from what you all are saying.
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The book was pretty much bubblegum, but VERY enjoyable nonetheless if you were a geek and grew up into your early teens between 1979 and 1986 or so. If you are a Canadian, even moreso with the Rush references. I honestly had a nerd-gasm when the story actually went into the 'Temples of Syrinx' from the album 2112, but I digress. I never thought it would make a good movie (and it didn't) but the book is still something any former GenX kid should read. It may not have everything for you (I never saw Wargames more then once, thought it was a totally average movie. I wish they had gone with Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan instead) but you will be amazed how hard the book tickles your nostalgia bone in ways the movie didnt come close to doing. (The Iron Giant?? wtf?? that was my DAUGHTER'S nostalgia ticket, not mine!) and is in every way better, though hardly great literature. It's a Strawberry CheeseQuake Blizzard of a book, sweet and enjoyable while reading it, but a bit painful to remember afterwords as you fart and belch it out.
 
The Un-Clit said:
The book was pretty much bubblegum, but VERY enjoyable nonetheless if you were a geek and grew up into your early teens between 1979 and 1986 or so. If you are a Canadian, even moreso with the Rush references. I honestly had a nerd-gasm when the story actually went into the 'Temples of Syrinx' from the album 2112, but I digress. I never thought it would make a good movie (and it didn't) but the book is still something any former GenX kid should read. It may not have everything for you (I never saw Wargames more then once, thought it was a totally average movie. I wish they had gone with Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan instead) but you will be amazed how hard the book tickles your nostalgia bone in ways the movie didnt come close to doing. (The Iron Giant?? wtf?? that was my DAUGHTER'S nostalgia ticket, not mine!) and is in every way better, though hardly great literature. It's a Strawberry CheeseQuake Blizzard of a book, sweet and enjoyable while reading it, but a bit painful to remember afterwords as you fart and belch it out.
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I did not have a nerd-gasm from reading ready player one I had deep sense of shame coming from a hack like ernest cline being associated with rush. That entire section was cringe.
 
Finished reading it. It's woke.

It's a Sword Art Online plot. Halliday's NPC is an insane, defective version of himself. The whole quest is to revive his old crush as a AI clone of her last brain scan he did because he was a thirsty simp. The tranny and Nolan Sorrento are barely in it. They spend three chapters overhyping Prince and half of it is the lesbian celebrating his gayness. Everyone on Earth gets AI cloned and sent to space to colonize another planet.

Also you can be ONI-gender, as in, only have a fetish for cybersex.
 
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