Ready Player One Is Getting A Sequel Novel, Ready Player Two

Hey, remember the ’80s? Don’t worry, Ernest Cline is here to remind you in case you forgot with a sequel to his novel, Ready Player One called–wait for it–Ready Player Two. The Hollywood Reporter has announced that the new book will be hitting shelves on November 24 in North America.

Ready Player One, the novel, was first published back in 2011, but you’ll probably remember it from the more recent movie adaptation helmed by Stephen Speilberg in 2018. The story, which relies almost entirely on nerd culture from the 1980s, follows a boy named Wade Watts who lives in a dystopian future where everyone relies on a massive virtual reality game called The Oasis for the most basic necessities. Being the chosen one (by virtue of his love of, you guessed it, the ’80s) Watts was made to solve a series of DaVinci Code-like puzzles (centered around trivia about the ’80s) hidden within The Oasis to become the sole heir of The Oasis’s creator’s company and fortune. In the process, Watts cyber-stalked and then eventually won over a girl who was also great at ’80s trivia (but less great than Watts himself, of course, was.)

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