The best worst bits of Ready Player One

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All quotes are taken from the Nook e-book of Ready Player One, and are marked with page numbers as such. Notes/citations have been bolded. The passage going around about hydrogen has been omitted, as I honestly could not bring myself to type it out.

“I am special for liking old games”

“These games were outdated digital dinosaurs that had become museum pieces long before I was born. But I was a gunter, so I didn’t think of them as quaint low-res antiques. To me, they were hallowed artifacts. Pillars of the pantheon. When I played the classics, I did so with a determined sort of reverence.” (Page 20)

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