I haven't had this much fun reading a book in a long time.

Ready Player One is a combination of dystopian sci-fi, cyberpunk and a whole lot of eighties nostalgia.

When this book was recommended to me, I wasn't sure I'd be geeky enough to enjoy it. Actually, I'm pretty geeky, but I was worried I wouldn't be enough of a gamer. I'd forgotten just how many video games I played as a kid. Even the video games I thought I didn't know, it turned out I did know. Although I may not have known the names, I immediately recognized the screenshots when I googled them.

The story itself is a pretty straightforward adventure story: three keys and three gates. Find them all and you win. Around that basic structure Cline builds a world that manages to take in the highlight of a 1980s childhood. Not just the video games, but the movies, the music and even the books.

If you were young in the eighties and were even slightly geeky, I'd highly recommend this book. But be warned: there is a high nostalgia factor. You might just find yourself revisiting the movies and music of your childhood. You might even start playing classic video games (I have a young son, so I can get way with this by playing them with him, right?) Don't let that stop you, though. Read it and enjoy.