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Ready Player One by Ernest Cline is an American science fiction novel, which was released in 2011 and appeared on the New York Times Best Seller list
. The novel is set in a dystopian future and is narrated by protagonist Wade Watts as he undergoes a challenging quest to win wealth and power by finding a special feature hidden deep within the OASIS, a virtual reality video game used almost universally. The film adaptation, directed by Steven Spielberg, was released in 2018. Cline’s sequel to the novel—Ready Player Two—was published in 2020.