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    1. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 2 Dec 2020

      Arthur Chu Retweeted Todd in the Shadows

      Remember how Andy Weir (author of The Martian) wrote a piece of fanfic that Cline thought was so good he had it included in future printings of the book About how the corporate bad guy (Nolan Sorrento) wants to destroy the OASIS because his sister died of VR addictionhttps://twitter.com/ShadowTodd/status/1334220750383763457 …

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      Todd in the Shadows @ShadowTodd
      In "Ready Player One" Parcival says that he likes "Family Ties" because its easy sitcom resolutions give him relief from ugly reality; this is one of several hints at a more interesting book than the one that actually exists
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      Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 2 Dec 2020

      But the sequel, Ready Player Two, makes absolutely no reference to this backstory and casually disposes of Sorrento in one scene And even adds a whole big convo about how turning off the OASIS would collapse the economy so it's just off the table as an option

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        2. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 2 Dec 2020

          I dunno, Weir's version of Sorrento comes off as a hell of a lot more heroic than Wade There's no material benefit for himself - he knows for sure his corporate masters will have him assassinated as soon as he destroys the prize he was hired to retrieve, and doesn't care

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        3. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 2 Dec 2020

          In the sequel his big scene does in fact have him demand Wade hand over the Big Red Button to wipe the OASIS servers, but this is just presented as him being an unhinged madman who wants only petty revenge for being beaten in the last book It's a damn waste

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        2. Orman‏ @LizardOrman 2 Dec 2020
          Replying to @arthur_affect

          I'd say something about how disaster recovery plans should absolutely not be assuming that any part of the internet is still up, let alone VR, but that's putting more thought into it than Cline did

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        3. Baal Ska Tov‏ @mssilverstein 2 Dec 2020
          Replying to @LizardOrman @arthur_affect

          There's really strikingly little about what the OASIS even really is, other than an 80s Movie Theme Park. What does everyone else do all day?

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        2. First Ray of Spring‏ @RayTski 2 Dec 2020
          Replying to @arthur_affect

          Which would be a great criticism of real life capitalism if... a good author had written the book.

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        3. First Ray of Spring‏ @RayTski 2 Dec 2020
          Replying to @RayTski @arthur_affect

          "Sir, shutting down the 24/7 global VR server would safe enough energy that we can reverse decades of environmental damage." - "Yes, but look at this graph. This number would go down instead of up."

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        2. hyperdriveprof‏ @hyperdriveprof 2 Dec 2020
          Replying to @arthur_affect

          I feel like Cline fell into that thing where a creator only listens to the audience with the most fawning praise for their work, in part because the criticism of RP1 is so fish-in-a-barrel simple and omnipresent that separating constructive wheat from chaff becomes really hard.

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        3. hyperdriveprof‏ @hyperdriveprof 2 Dec 2020
          Replying to @hyperdriveprof @arthur_affect

          And that's not to defend him or either book, to be clear.

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