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Ready Player One, a sci-fi novel written by Ernest Cline, uses the vastness of the geek universe to compose the base of its narrative. The book, however, is marked by one-dimensional characters and a shallow, boring story that fails to deliver anything more than glorified references.
The story takes place in a decrepit society dominated by mega-corporations, where hunger, war, disease, and the terrible consequences of climate change have become common afflictions in the lives of the common people. That is, it’s basically nowadays, but a bit worse. In this scenario, people’s only means of escapism is digital: the so-called “Oasis” is a gigantic MMO in VR, a [...]