Good lord. The Ready Player ___ books should be viewed as cautionary tales: Nostalgia for the fetishized pop culture totems of the past, the names and numbers and phrases, the cars and spaceships, divorced from any larger meaning, turns the past into a prison. https://twitter.com/clastowka/status/1331108031850029057 …
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The annoying thing is, the first book actually toys with that cautionary tale - Wade occasionally sees his life as lonely and sad, and Cline seems to be aiming for “it’s the friends you make, not the stuff you know.” Sadly, it’s often undermined by reference reference referenc-
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I understand and agree with your criticism, but I don't think that's the whole appeal of the books (even though it is a major part of it). I think they share that same "you are gathering clues/solving the puzzle" feeling that Dan Brown's (The Da Vinci Code) novels have. 1/2
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Sure, it is overly simplistic, borderline patronizing, but so much is dumped on you so fast that you only realize how inane it all was after the fact. In fact, the fact it's all so obvious helps that novelty, because it makes you feel smarter than the protagonist. 2/2
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