To escape the city, Thibaut must join forces with Sam, an American photographer intent on recording the ruins, and make common cause with a powerful, enigmatic figure of chance and rebellion: the exquisite corpse.īut Sam is being hunted. A lone Surrealist fighter, Thibaut, walks a new, hallucinogenic Paris, where Nazis and the Resistance are trapped in unending conflict, and the streets are stalked by living images and texts - and by the forces of Hell. But what he unwittingly unleashes is the power of dreams and nightmares, changing the war and the world for ever.ġ950. In the strange games of dissident diplomats, exiled revolutionaries, and avant-garde artists, Parsons finds and channels hope. In the chaos of wartime Marseille, American engineer and occult disciple Jack Parsons stumbles onto a clandestine anti-Nazi group, including Surrealist theorist André Breton. In The Last Days of New Paris, China Miéville entwines true historical events and people with his daring, uniquely imaginative brand of fiction, reconfiguring history and art into something new.ġ941. Among them is our hero, 18-year-old Wade Watts, who uses OASIS as a way out of his difficult home life before embarking on an exhilarating quest to find the keys that stretches him and his gaming skills to the limit.A thriller of a war that never was - of survival in an impossible city - of surreal cataclysm. When it’s revealed that the program’s late creator has left behind three keys that, if found, will unlock ownership of the entire OASIS and a multibillion-dollar fortune, thousands of users log in, vying for the opportunity to claim the prize. Much of the population lives in squalor and poverty but the virtual reality system offered by hyper-realistic gaming platform OASIS offers a reprieve, an escape from the difficulties of daily life.

It is the year 2045 and the world is overpopulated, leaving resources scarce.

The fast-paced plot is matched by pitch-perfect narration from Star Trek: The Next Generation’s Wil Wheaton, making for a nonstop nostalgia ride that’s a blast from start to finish. Ernest Cline’s futuristic tale doubles as a love letter to 1980s pop culture and a thrilling, twist-filled adventure. Ready Player One is an absolute must-listen for any sci-fi aficionados.

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