Ready Player Two

It was a pleasure to hear Wil Wheaton read this story.

This is the second (and probably final) book in this near future, science fiction series. The writer explores the possibility that immersive virtual reality technology will continue to improve. While I look forward to those advances, I can't help being disappointed in how humanity uses this technology in this story. To my thinking, it is unlikely that many thousands of people would spend every waking minute researching and memorizing trivia of fantasy, science fiction, and pop culture from the past. To give a real world example, would you study every detail of the private lives of Bill Gates and Steve Jobs for the possibility of winning a prize? I wouldn't.