[Coco] Ready Player One

Mark McDougall msmcdoug at iinet.net.au
Wed Aug 21 21:16:17 EDT 2013


It's certainly no masterpiece of English literature, but it is enjoyable, and i found it quite suspenseful. I had a hard time putting it down actually. And I was surprised to read that DOD figured so prominently; it was obviously a favorite of the author.


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Benoit Bleau <benbleau at gmail.com> wrote:

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>>> I've just finished reading "Ready Player One", a novel by Ernest Cline. I mention it because it might be particularly interesting to both coco and TRS-80 enthusiasts due to certain references in it, which actually play a significant role in the story.
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>>> That aside, it's a decently entertaining holiday read for retro computer and retro gaming geeks.
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>>> Would be interested to hear what others thought of it too!
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>I read it last year, and enjoyed the story very much.  The writing style 
>leaves to be desired, but it still is a fun reading.
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>Dungeons of Dagorath has a significant part in the story.
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