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"Ready Player One takes place in the not-so-distant future--the world has turned into a very bleak place, but luckily there is OASIS, a virtual reality world that is a vast online utopia. People can plug into OASIS to play, go to school, earn money, and even meet other people (or at least they can meet their avatars), and for protagonist Wade Watts it certainly beats passing the time in his grim, poverty-stricken real life. Along with millions of...
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A 1980s cultural assessment of the fantastical future of online behavior continues the story that began in the internationally best-selling futuristic novel, Ready Player One, that inspired a blockbuster Steven Spielberg film. Days after winning control of OASIS, the immersive virtual reality environment in which most of humanity chooses to live, Wade Watts discovers a world-changing technological advancement and draws the attention of a merciless...
4) Vortex
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"While serving as a superhuman government weapon during World War III, teenager Tom Raine's loyalties are tested by corruption and nefarious enemies"--
5) Insignia
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Tom, a fourteen-year-old genius at virtual reality games, is recruited by the United States Military to begin training at the Pentagonal Spire as a Combatant in World War III, controlling the mechanized drones that do the actual fighting off-planet.
8) Black water
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Just when 15-year-old Bobby Pendragon thinks he understands his purpose as a Traveler he is faced with an impossible choice.
9) Gamer army
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Even though he is only twelve, Rogan Weber is an obsessed gamer, whose motto, ego sum maximus, declares his confidence in his own abilities, and whose parents are also deeply involved in ultra high tech (a little too deeply sometimes); naturally he is thrilled to receive an invitation to join a tech giant's virtual reality TV gaming contest--but as the games become more and more intense and dangerous, he and his fellow gamers realize that something...
10) Otherworld
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"After the newest set of virtual reality gear hits the market, Simon can't wait to test it out. But, when his friend Katherine suddenly disappears after being seen with men from the same gaming company, Simon must decide how far in the game he's willing to go to save her"--
11) Virtually yours
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College freshman Mariam uses a new virtual reality dating service and is matched not only with her new best friend, Jeremy, but also with her high school ex-boyfriend, Caleb.
12) Vicarious
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When a recording of her sister's murder is delivered, a devastated Winter sets out to find her sister's killer, but when the clues start to conflict with the digital recording, she has to discern what is and isn't real.
13) The reality bug
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In his pursuit of the evil Saint Dane, Bobby finds himself on the planet Veelox, whose inhabitants have retired to their own dream worlds.
14) Cut off
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When something goes horribly wrong during the filming of a new virtual reality show, teenaged contestants are trapped in a simulation, questioning how much of the game is real.
15) Girl gone viral
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"The inventive and hauntingly timely story of a seventeen-year-old coder's catapult to stardom, reminiscent of The Social Network with a Ready Player One twist. For seventeen-year-old Opal Hopper, code is magic. She can build entire worlds from scratch -- shimmering lakes, Mars craters, any virtual experience her heart desires. But she can't code her dad back into her life. When he disappeared after her tenth birthday, leaving only a cryptic note,...
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"Having finally reached the northern Kingdom of Helshper, Cayna's first task is to deliver the letter she's been entrusted with...to none other than her grandson, Caerick! After a surprise meeting with her ever-expanding family, Cayna is off to seek out a new Guardian Tower: the Crescent Moon Castle. But a party of bandits--led by a foe unlike any she's faced so far--insists on getting in her way"--
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With a best friend who hates her and a dad who's marrying a yogi she can't stand, Analee Echevarria spends most of her time avoiding reality and role-playing as Kiri, the night elf hunter at the center of her favorite online game. Kiri's bravery, strength, and inner warrior are everything real-life Analee is not. When high school heartthrob Seb Matias asks Analee to pose as his girlfriend in an attempt to make his ex jealous, Analee agrees. But as...
18) The glare
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Moving to her father's home in California after a decade at her mother's isolated ranch, a teen who has been taught to fear technology reunites with friends and family members before experiencing nightmares about a dark-web video game that poses life-threatening dangers.
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"Cayna is more than a little overwhelmed by all the changes to the world of Leadale during the unexplained 200-year gap from when she last logged in, but she decides her best move is to leave the remote village where she started to go seek more information. Next stop--the royal capital of Felskeilo, where all her children happen to be employed in various positions of power!"--Publisher's description.
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"Cayna's new life had gotten off to a good start--she'd reached the royal capital of Felskeilo, gotten in contact with her three children, and taken on some commissions as a rookie adventurer. But after she learns a shocking truth about the land of Leadale from one of her fellow Skill Master's Guardian Tower that's been abandoned for these past two hundred years, it's hard for her to stay quite so upbeat..."--