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Ready Player One (Discussion)

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I was addicted to Ready Player One! There were definitely parts that I skimmed because I’m not quite nerdy enough to care about specifics, but as a whole, I loved it.  Did you get a chance to read it? I gave it a 5/5 stars. I’ve got 3 questions below, and Lisa’s got 3 as well over on her blog. Feel free to discuss any or all of the questions in the comment section or link-up your post at the bottom. Lisa and I are sharing the same link-up, so you don’t have to enter on both blogs. The linky will close in a week. Alright, let’s get started!

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I loved the connection I had with the main character, Wade (aka Parzival). I could totally connect with him even though I’m not a teenage gamer who lives in a VR world. I listened to a portion of Ready Player One on audio and was disappointed by Wil Wheaton’s interpretation of Wade’s character. My guess is that Wil and Ernest are friends, based on Wil’s name coming up several times in the book. Don’t get me wrong, I like Wil, just not his reading of this story, which greatly disappointed me. 

And now, for the discussion. Before I begin, I’ll remind you that there may be spoilers ahead. Also, feel free to use my questions as jumping points. Ask your own questions and start your own discussions.

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1.  How long until this type of VR system is available to our society? Would you be interested in creating an avatar? I believe this type of VR is not more than 10 years out. I would definitely make an avatar. I love the Sims games and feel I would enjoy playing in the OASIS. I would have to make some kind of time limit setting on my avatar to make sure I didn’t waste away in the OASIS like so many of the people in Ready Player One.

 

2. Which was your favorite gate and how would you do at passing any of the gates? I liked the final gate of him role playing Monty Python with his friends on commlink. Although I’m not a Monty Python fan, I loved his excitement in acting out his favorite movie. I envision Halliday programing this as his final gate, knowing how much fun the gunters would have acting out this iconic film and leaving in the ability to communicate with others throughout the challenge. I would be horrible at all of the gates. I’ve never played Joust or seen the movies he rollplayed.

3. Were you happy with the ending? Do you think Aech, Artim3s, Shoto and Parzival will remain friends in the real world or result to life in the OASIS? I was extremely happy with the end. I love that Sorento was arrested and have faith that he will be put behind bars. Knowing that Artim3s and Parzival met and have started a relationship outside of the OASIS makes me the happiest. In my ‘after the book’ dreams, all four of them hang out outside of the OASIS to work on Art3mis’s plan of ending world hunger.

Now, it’s your turn! Answer any or all of the questions in the comment section below. Ask questions of your own. Or, link-up a blog post with your review and/or the answers to these questions. Also be sure to check out Lisa’s discussion questions on her blog. We’re sharing the same linky, so no need to link-up on both blogs.

Remember, our July selection is The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. I read this book and have seen the movie twice. That’s how much I like this book! Please, join us. We’ll be discussing Perks on July 31st.

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June Goals

June goalsHappy June to you all! June means school’s out, the sun’s out and there should be less work and more play. May, as always, flew by despite it’s thirty-one days. I made sure we had scheduled rest because I knew we’d be exhausted with all we had planned. I was right in doing that but I think June is going to go by even faster!

Before jumping into June’s goals, let’s see how I did for May. I rocked my family goals. We went to the library at least once per week and visited the park more than three times per week as a family. Jeffrey and I had an amazing date night in Chicago where we dined at the Rosebud Theater District before being blown away by the awesomeness that is The Book of Mormon. Thankfully I did great at my family goals because I bombed my life goals. I partially completed each one of which I’m completely satisfied with.Indy 500 2015

Despite not accomplishing everything I had planned regarding my blog goals, I’m still proud of what I completed. There are still tweaks I want to make with the re-design but know I’ll need to focus large chunks of time to work on them. I am half way done completing six photo backdrops and designed/received my business cards for BlogU (that’s this weekend!!!!)

Bubble FestivalJune Goals:

Family

  • Complete Sophie’s kitchen tower and board book
  • Have June date night with Jeffrey
  • Start swim lessons

Life

Blog

  • Attend first blog conference: BlogU
  • Implement one task from conference
  • Complete half of re-design tweaks

The key to goal planning is to make sure they’re achievable. I know that this month’s goals needed to be slightly easier because of all we have planned. I’ll be away from home the next two weekends and will be going on vacation the last week of the month. The week days in between are speckled with appointments, lessons and play dates. I’m looking forward to all of the fun ahead but also really excited about the scheduled reading time for mandatory relaxation. What do you have planned this month? I’d love to know your goals!

Page Turners Book Selection: June

Have you recovered from The Martian yet? We have and we’re ready for more sci-fi! What Lisa and I want to read for June is:

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Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

The synopsis of this book sounds like a cross between the movies Surrogates and The Matrix. The main character is navigating a virtual world and stumbles on something that puts him in danger. It’s got 4.31/5 stars on Goodreads, so that says something.

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Hope you can score a copy of this at your local library. Thankfully I have a gamer husband, so my copy was free too! Don’t forget, we’ll be discussing Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) on May 29.

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