{"product_id":"9781529135350","title":"Ready Player One","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt's the year 2044 and the real world has become an ugly place.\u003cbr\u003eLike most of humanity, Wade Watts escapes this depressing reality by spending his waking hours jacked into the OASIS, a sprawling virtual utopia when you can be anything you want to be, where you can live and play and fall in love on any of ten thousand planets.\u003cbr\u003eAnd like most of humanity, Wade is obsessed by the ultimate lottery ticket that lies concealed within this alternate reality: OASIS founder James Halliday, who dies with no heir has promised that control of the OASIS - and his massive fortune - will go to the person who can solve the riddles he has left scattered throughout his creation. For years, millions have struggled fruitlessly to attain this prize, knowing only that the riddles are based in the culture of the late 20th century.\u003cbr\u003eAnd then Wade stumbles onto the key to the first puzzle.\u003cbr\u003eSuddenly he finds himself pitted against thousands of competitors in a desperate race to claim the ultimate prize, as chase that soon takes on terrifying real-world dimensions - and that will leave both Wade and his world profoundly changed ...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Ernest+Cline\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eErnest Cline\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Ernest Cline","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47378513002659,"sku":"9781529135350","price":475.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781529135350_43a167bb-9fb6-43ce-a074-181aaa751c80.jpg?v=1776564600","url":"https:\/\/graffitibooks.co.za\/products\/9781529135350","provider":"Graffiti Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}