WATCHING TV INSIDE A VIDEO GAME

Hello Spirits, its almost time for our next meeting and UNBROKEN discussion. But I thought I'd give yall another update on a book I just finished. I've been on a rampage lately. Needless to say, several other things that I should have been doing have slipped through the cracks. Oops. But it appears that the world is still spinning, companies are still operating, the stock market hasn't crashed, my Twitter followers still worship me and Chief and Boss are still properly fed. So I guess I haven't messed anything up too badly.

The book I just finished is called READY PLAYER ONE by Ernest Cline. Thankfully, I really enjoyed this one, which was crucial after BRAVE NEW WORLD. However, even though I thought this book was great, I don't think I'd recommend this book to any of the Spirits. I think Chief might enjoy it, maybe Archimedes and possibly Cat, but since its a Science Fiction, the other Spirits probably wouldn't like this.

In a nut shell, it takes place in the year 2045 and the world economy just kept getting worse after the Great Recession of 2008. So the real world is a very bad place: poverty, crime all that stuff. But the technology has continually improved and now there is a virtual reality video game system that everyone plays. It essentially replaces everyone's real life since 1. real life is a bad place and 2. this technology is so great that it feels real. People can live out any possible thing they can think of. Business operates inside "the OASIS" (the virtual world), people go on vacations in the OASIS, even people's real money doesn't matter. They would prefer to make and spend money in the OASIS. So the brilliant designer of this virtual world died and his will left his billions of dollars to the person who wins a very complex treasure hunt/puzzle/game inside the OASIS.

So the entire world begins searching for the "egg" at the end of the puzzle. Good guys, bad guys etc. And excitement and suspense ensue. Very entertaining.

As an added plus (for me but not you), is that this author fills the book chock full of 1980s movie , game, music and pop culture references (since the OASIS designer grew up in the 1980s and was obsessed with that time period). Since that's when I grew up, I really enjoyed that aspect of the book as well.

Not sure its the one for you guys, but wanted to share anyway. You all please feel free to make posts on any books you are reading as well if you want.

See you soon,

Baron