New Releases by Ernest Cline

Por primera vez en formato bolsillo, la edición especial que reúne las dos entregas de la exitosa saga «Ready Player One». Ready Player One Estamos en el año 2044 y, como el resto de la humanidad, Wade Watts prefiere mil veces el videojuego de OASIS al cada vez más sombrío mundo real. Aseguran que este esconde las diabólicas piezas de un rompecabezas cuya resolución conduce a una fortuna incalculable. Las claves del enigma están basadas en la cultura de finales del siglo XX y, durante años, millones de seres humanos han intentado dar con ellas, sin éxito. De repente, Wade logra resolver el primer rompecabezas del premio y, a partir de ese momento, debe competir contra miles de jugadores para conseguir el trofeo. La única forma de sobrevivir es ganar, pero para hacerlo tendrá que abandonar su existencia virtual y enfrentarse a la vida y al amor en el mundo real, del que siempre ha intentado escapar. _________________ Ready Player Two Días después de ganar la competición ideada por James Halliday, el fundador de OASIS, Wade Watts hace un descubrimiento que lo cambia todo. Oculto en las cajas fuertes de Halliday y a la espera de que lo encuentre su heredero, se halla un avance tecnológico que volverá a cambiar el mundo y convertirá a OASIS en un lugar mil veces más asombroso (y adictivo) de lo que Wade jamás habría creído posible. Dicho avance da pie a un nuevo acertijo y a una nueva misión, un último Huevo de Pascua de Halliday que da a entender que existe un misterioso premio. Wade también se encontrará con un nuevo rival muy peligroso, increíblemente poderoso y capaz de matar a millones de personas para conseguir lo que quiere. La vida de Wade y el futuro de OASIS vuelven a estar en juego, pero en esta ocasión también pende de un hilo el destino de la humanidad. _________________ ENGLISH DESCRIPTION For the first time ever in paperback, a special edition that gathers both volumes of the much successful "Ready Player One" series. Ready Player One A world at stake. A quest for the ultimate prize. Are you ready? In the year 2045, reality is an ugly place. The only time Wade Watts really feels alive is when he''''s jacked into the OASIS, a vast virtual world where most of humanity spends their days. When the eccentric creator of the OASIS dies, he leaves behind a series of fiendish puzzles, based on his obsession with the pop culture of decades past. Whoever is first to solve them will inherit his vast fortune--and control of the OASIS itself. Then Wade cracks the first clue. Suddenly he''''s beset by rivals who''''ll kill to take this prize. The race is on--and the only way to survive is to win. _________________ Ready Player Two AN UNEXPECTED QUEST. TWO WORLDS AT STAKE. ARE YOU READY? Days after winning OASIS founder James Halliday''''s contest, Wade Watts makes a discovery that changes everything. Hidden within Halliday''''s vaults, waiting for his heir to find, lies a technological advancement that will once again change the world and make the OASIS a thousand times more wondrous--and addictive--than even Wade dreamed possible. With it comes a new riddle, and a new quest--a last Easter egg from Halliday, hinting at a mysterious prize. And an unexpected, impossibly powerful, and dangerous new rival awaits, one who''''ll kill millions to get what he wants. Wade''''s life and the future of the OASIS are again at stake, but this time the fate of humanity also hangs in the balance. Lovingly nostalgic and wildly original as only Ernest Cline could conceive it, Ready Player Two takes us on another imaginative, fun, action-packed adventure through his beloved virtual universe, and jolts us thrillingly into the future once again.

READY PLAYER TWO L''universo virtuale di OASIS è l''unico posto in cui fuggire da una realtà ormai invivibile. È un gioco. Ma nascosto in uno dei caveau di Halliday c''è un dispositivo tecnologico in grado di cambiare il mondo, e che renderebbe OASIS mille volte più straordinario. Un nuovo enigma, una nuova missione e un inaspettato nuovo rivale... pronto a uccidere milioni di individui.

A National Bestseller! From #1 New York Times bestselling author Ernest Cline comes a mostly true tall tale about an unexpected friendship between a young girl and a music-loving colony of bats. Includes a beautiful map of Austin on the underside of the jacket! After losing her mother, thirteen-year-old Opal moves in with her uncle Roscoe on the family farm. There, Opal bonds with Uncle Roscoe over music and befriends a group of orphaned, music-loving bats. But just as the farm is starting to feel like home, the bats’ cave is destroyed by a big mining company with its sights set on the farmland next. If Opal and the bats can fit in anywhere, it’s the nearby city of Austin, home to their favorite music and a host of wonderfully eccentric characters. But with people afraid of the bats and determined to get rid of them, it’ll take a whole lot of courage to prove that this is where the bats—and Opal—belong.

READY PLAYER ONE 2045: crisi ambientale e disuguaglianze sociali hanno reso la realtà un brutto posto in cui vivere. L''unico luogo in cui il giovane Wade Watts si sente davvero vivo è OASIS, l''universo virtuale in cui la maggior parte dell''umanità trascorre le giornate. Quando però il suo eccentrico creatore muore, lascia una serie di diabolici enigmi, distillato della sua ossessione per la cultura Pop anni Ottanta. Il primo che riuscirà a risolverli tutti erediterà la sua immensa fortuna e il controllo di OASIS. Wade scopre il primo indizio e subito ha addosso i rivali disposti a tutto per rubarglielo. La corsa è iniziata e l''unico modo per sopravvivere è vincere.

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The thrilling sequel to the beloved worldwide bestseller Ready Player One, the near-future adventure that inspired the blockbuster Steven Spielberg film. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST • “The game is on again. . . . A great mix of exciting fantasy and threatening fact.”—The Wall Street Journal AN UNEXPECTED QUEST. TWO WORLDS AT STAKE. ARE YOU READY? Days after winning OASIS founder James Halliday’s contest, Wade Watts makes a discovery that changes everything. Hidden within Halliday’s vaults, waiting for his heir to find, lies a technological advancement that will once again change the world and make the OASIS a thousand times more wondrous—and addictive—than even Wade dreamed possible. With it comes a new riddle, and a new quest—a last Easter egg from Halliday, hinting at a mysterious prize. And an unexpected, impossibly powerful, and dangerous new rival awaits, one who’ll kill millions to get what he wants. Wade’s life and the future of the OASIS are again at stake, but this time the fate of humanity also hangs in the balance. Lovingly nostalgic and wildly original as only Ernest Cline could conceive it, Ready Player Two takes us on another imaginative, fun, action-packed adventure through his beloved virtual universe, and jolts us thrillingly into the future once again.

La esperada secuela de Ready Player One: el betseller mundial que Steven Spielberg convirtió en película. Días después de ganar el concurso de Halliday, el fundador de Oasis, Wade Watts hace un descubrimiento que lo cambia todo. Oculto en las cajas fuertes de Halliday a la espera de que lo encuentre su heredero, se halla un avance tecnológico que volverá a cambiar el mundo y hará que Oasis se convierta en un lugar mucho más asombroso de lo que Wade habría imaginado. Aparecerá una nueva misión, que volverá a poner en juego su vida y el futuro de Oasis, y el destino de la humanidad penderá de un hilo. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The highly anticipated sequel to the beloved worldwide bestseller Ready Player One, the near-future adventure that inspired the blockbuster Steven Spielberg film. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST • “The game is on again. . . . A great mix of exciting fantasy and threatening fact.”—The Wall Street Journal AN UNEXPECTED QUEST. TWO WORLDS AT STAKE. ARE YOU READY? Days after winning OASIS founder James Halliday’s contest, Wade Watts makes a discovery that changes everything. Hidden within Halliday’s vaults, waiting for his heir to find, lies a technological advancement that will once again change the world and make the OASIS a thousand times more wondrous—and addictive—than even Wade dreamed possible. With it comes a new riddle, and a new quest—a last Easter egg from Halliday, hinting at a mysterious prize. And an unexpected, impossibly powerful, and dangerous new rival awaits, one who’ll kill millions to get what he wants. Wade’s life and the future of the OASIS are again at stake, but this time the fate of humanity also hangs in the balance. Lovingly nostalgic and wildly original as only Ernest Cline could conceive it, Ready Player Two takes us on another imaginative, fun, action-packed adventure through his beloved virtual universe, and jolts us thrillingly into the future once again.

"Now a major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg"--Cover.

La novela cibernética que ha inspirado la gran producción de Warner Bros, a medio camino entre Avatar y Matrix. Nominada por los estadounidenses como una de las 100 mejores novelas en la serie de PBS The Great American Read. El libro clásico de culto, que pronto será llevado al cine por el director Steven Spielberg. Estamos en el año 2044 y, como el resto de la humanidad, Wade Watts prefiere mil veces el videojuego de OASIS al cada vez más sombrío mundo real. Se asegura que esconde las diabólicas piezas de un rompecabezas cuya resolución conduce a una fortuna incalculable. Las claves del enigma están basadas en la cultura de finales del siglo XX y, durante años, millones de humanos han intentado dar con ellas, sin éxito. De repente, Wade logra resolver el primer rompecabezas del premio, y, a partir de ese momento, debe competir contra miles de jugadores para conseguir el trofeo. La única forma de sobrevivir es ganar; pero para hacerlo tendrá que abandonar su existencia virtual y enfrentarse a la vida y al amor en el mundo real, del que siempre ha intentado escapar. Reseñas: «Una fascinante novela cibernética, tan traviesa como imaginativa, llamada a convertirse en un éxito.» Booklist «Disfruté con cada página de esta novela.» Charlaine Harris, autora de Muerto hasta el anochecer «Una inyección de adrenalina, una búsqueda a través de un mundo virtual con la suficiente dosis de nostalgia de la década de 1980 para complacer a los más devotos seguidores de John Hughes.» Publishers Weekly «Un billete de lotería hacia el éxito.» New York Daily News ENGLISH DESCRIPTION The bestselling cult classic—soon to be a major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg. In the year 2044, reality is an ugly place. The only time teenage Wade Watts really feels alive is when he''s jacked into the virtual utopia known as the OASIS. Wade''s devoted his life to studying the puzzles hidden within this world''s digital confines—puzzles that are based on their creator''s obsession with the pop culture of decades past and that promise massive power and fortune to whoever can unlock them. But when Wade stumbles upon the first clue, he finds himself beset by players willing to kill to take this ultimate prize. The race is on, and if Wade''s going to survive, he''ll have to win—and confront the real world he''s always been so desperate to escape.

LE LIVRE QUI A INSPIRE LE DERNIER FILM DE STEVEN SPIELBERG L''avenir d''un monde en jeu, une quête pour la récompense suprême. Êtes-vous prêts ? 2045. La réalité est devenue insoutenable. Les rares moments pendant lesquels Wade Watts se sent vraiment exister sont ceux où il est connecté à l''OASIS, un vaste monde virtuel dans lequel la majeure partie de l''humanité passe son temps. Quand l''excentrique créateur de l''OASIS meurt, il laisse derrière lui une suite d''énigmes complexes inspirées par son obsession pour la pop culture des décennies passées. Le premier à les résoudre deviendra l''héritier de son immense fortune et, surtout, contrôlera l''OASIS. Et Wade résout la première énigme. Il est soudain assiégé de rivaux qui tueraient pour accéder au trésor. La course est lancée. Une seule façon d''y survivre : la gagner.

Immersing himself in a mid-twenty-first-century technological virtual utopia to escape an ugly real world of famine, poverty, and disease, Wade Watts joins an increasingly violent effort to solve a series of puzzles by the virtual world''s creator.

From the author of Ready Player One, a rollicking alien invasion thriller that embraces and subverts science-fiction conventions as only Ernest Cline could. Zack Lightman has never much cared for reality. He vastly prefers the countless science-fiction movies, books, and videogames he''s spent his life consuming. And too often, he catches himself wishing that some fantastic, impossible, world-altering event could arrive to whisk him off on a grand spacefaring adventure. So when he sees the flying saucer, he''s sure his years of escapism have finally tipped over into madness. Especially because the alien ship he''s staring at is straight out of his favorite videogame, a flight simulator callled Armada--in which gamers just happen to be protecting Earth from alien invaders. As impossible as it seems, what Zack''s seeing is all too real. And it''s just the first in a blur of revlations that will force him to question everything he thought he knew about Earth''s history, its future, even his own life--and to play the hero for real, with humanity''s life in the balance. But even through the terror and exhilaration, he can''t help thinking: Doesn''t something about this scenario feel a little bit like...well...fiction? At once reinventing and paying homage to science-fiction classics as only Ernest Cline can, Armada is a rollicking, surprising thriller, a coming-of-age adventure, and an alien invasion tale like nothing you''ve ever read before.

Familiar and resonant, Cline''s collection takes readers into a private landscape of science fiction, pop culture, and pornography. Ernest Cline is a geek, novelist, poet, and screenwriter based in Austin, Texas. In addition to winning poetry slams, Cline is known for screenwriting "Fanboys," released in 2009. He also recently sold the film rights to his latest book, "Armada."

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Now a major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg. “Enchanting . . . Willy Wonka meets The Matrix.”—USA Today • “As one adventure leads expertly to the next, time simply evaporates.”—Entertainment Weekly A world at stake. A quest for the ultimate prize. Are you ready? In the year 2045, reality is an ugly place. The only time Wade Watts really feels alive is when he’s jacked into the OASIS, a vast virtual world where most of humanity spends their days. When the eccentric creator of the OASIS dies, he leaves behind a series of fiendish puzzles, based on his obsession with the pop culture of decades past. Whoever is first to solve them will inherit his vast fortune—and control of the OASIS itself. Then Wade cracks the first clue. Suddenly he’s beset by rivals who’ll kill to take this prize. The race is on—and the only way to survive is to win. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Entertainment Weekly • San Francisco Chronicle • Village Voice • Chicago Sun-Times • iO9 • The AV Club “Delightful . . . the grown-up’s Harry Potter.”—HuffPost “An addictive read . . . part intergalactic scavenger hunt, part romance, and all heart.”—CNN “A most excellent ride . . . Cline stuffs his novel with a cornucopia of pop culture, as if to wink to the reader.”—Boston Globe “Ridiculously fun and large-hearted . . . Cline is that rare writer who can translate his own dorky enthusiasms into prose that’s both hilarious and compassionate.”—NPR “[A] fantastic page-turner . . . starts out like a simple bit of fun and winds up feeling like a rich and plausible picture of future friendships in a world not too distant from our own.”—iO9

"An exuberantly realized, exciting, and sweet-natured cyber-quest. Cline''s imaginative and rollicking coming-of-age geek saga has a smash-hit vibe."--Booklist, starred review.

En el aano 2044, Wade Watts, como el resto de la humanidad, decide escapar de la realidad y pasa sus horas de vigilia en el, utaopico mundo virtual ilimitado de OASIS, pero cuando Wade se topa con el primero de los puzles establecido por OASIS creador James Halliday, se encuentra con que tiene que competir con miles de personas - incluyendo aquellos dispuestos a cometer un asesinato - con el fin de reclamar el premio de una gran fortuna.