'm going to introduce you to a favorite book of mine: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. It's a good story and I absolutely love it. (Not to mention the audiobook version of it is read by Wil Wheaton.)
The
story begins in a near future world that has been devastated by
global warming, depletion of natural resources, and the occasional
city going up in a mushroom cloud. The world is in bad shape, and the
only thing that makes life worth living is the OASIS. The OASIS is a
virtual reality simulation that the entire world can access and live
in a world of fantasy, science fiction, and comfort when their normal
lives are anything but comfortable.
The
story follows Wade Watts, a young man stuck in the stacks in Oklahoma
City. He's poor, an orphan, and has no idea how he's going to improve
his life. Then a wealthy game designer, the man who created the
OASIS, dies. His last will and testament is converted into a massive
video game contest that the results of which will lead to wealth and
control of his company.
Wade
goes through a lot in his search for the Easter egg that's been built
into the OASIS. He runs into some problems with IOI, a multi-national
company with negative plans for the OASIS. Wade must contend with
them, all of the other “gunters” who are hunting the egg, and a
relationship with his friends that don't always go the direction he
intends.
It's
an incredibly long book but it's a good one to get through. Now, I
will say the author comes up with some things that are too
convenient. There are a few places where his details don't match. But
if you can overlook these places you may enjoy the story.
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