<Tr> <Th> Pages </Th> <Td> 385 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> ISBN </Th> <Td> 978 - 0307887436 </Td> </Tr> <P> Ready Player One is a 2011 LitRPG science fiction novel, and the debut novel of American author Ernest Cline . The story, set in a dystopian 2040s, follows protagonist Wade Watts on his search for an Easter egg in a worldwide virtual reality game, the discovery of which will lead him to inherit the game creator's fortune . Cline sold the rights to publish the novel in June 2010, in a bidding war to the Crown Publishing Group (a division of Random House). The book was published on August 16, 2011 . An audiobook was released the same day; it was narrated by Wil Wheaton, who was mentioned briefly in one of the chapters . In 2012, the book received an Alex Award from the Young Adult Library Services Association division of the American Library Association and won the 2012 Prometheus Award . </P> <P> A film adaptation, screenwritten by Cline and Zak Penn and directed by Steven Spielberg, was released on March 29, 2018 . </P>

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