How would you like a computer fixed in your heads so that you could access nearly everything on the Internet? Pretty cool eh? Wade would’ve liked it too and that’s exactly what this dystopian Sci-fi novel offers, and unlike other books on this list, this book is too much like Ready player one. On the grounds that the silent ‘E’ is stupid.” If you take a look yourself, you might find that the Running Man is indeed a book like Ready Player One in many aspects hence it is totally worth reading if you’re an RP1 fan or a King fan. Our man Ben gets a 12-hour head start which he uses wisely and survives 9 days making it a record.īut then he learns about a bitter truth from Killian the Host which shatters him. In the show, you are released as an “Enemy of the state” and have to survive 30 days without dying (Typical King stuff). To tackle the problem his wife becomes a prostitute while he applies in a government-run (violent) game show. The Running Man is a dystopian Sci-fi novel set in the U.S.A year 2025, where the economy is in shambles and violence is rising and our scrawny protagonist Ben Richards is desperately trying to survive but due to some problems poor fella gets kicked from his job, and his daughter falls seriously ill and needs medicine. The Running Man was published under the name of Richard (dick) Bachman. Let’s kick start this topic with a novel from the King. “The Apartment was haunted by the ghost of her long-departed Cabbage.” Here the Best Novels similar to RP1: The Running Man But sadly the book ended… and now we unconsciously/ consciously asked the question, Are there any more books like Ready Player One? To that in short–Yes there are plenty of books like Ready Player One and in this article, I’ve picked only the best books like Ready Player One.

I daresay, those references are way better than what we have today. We all can agree that Ready Player One was simply incredible, especially the 80’s references! I and a considerable amount of people were definitely living under the rocks as we hadn’t known about the existence of Ready Player One till the movie came out… to be frank, the movie was a tiny bit amazing but they cut too many things that would’ve made the movie much better.įor example, they didn’t show anything about Wade’s Bunker (coolest part), or the fact that Wade hardly had any hair on his body or the last kiss! They showed it totally wrong! It was Samantha who kissed Wade, not the other way around! Anyways, Pardon for my ranting.

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