Ready Player One is a 1980s geek's paradise of a book. Barely a sentence whizzes past without some pop culture reference - well known and obscure - surfacing. Cline's knowledge of the era must be truly encyclopaedic. If we're keeping score, I recognised most of the computer ones, but maybe only around half of the music, film and tv ones.
But it's the compelling universes that he's conjured into life, snippets of social commentary and identifiable characters - particularly if you've ever felt socially isolated, pined for lost loves or even simply been a socially awkward teenager - that make it worth staying.
Verdict: Heart-felt luxury bath in 80s geekdom.
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