Home videogame consoles had already made most coin-op games obsolete. After the OASIS went online, they stopped making
Containing a single person strapped into a high-end
You don’t need to sell me on anything, Wade, she said. You’re my best friend. My favorite person. With
Yeah. I was on a roll. In less than six months, I’d managed to wreck both of my closest friendships.
Where are the others? I asked. They all snuck off to bone each other, Milo announced. Whoadie and Chén slipped away first, then Debbie snuck off with Graham. I had no idea how to respond to this infor...
We blasted out of the crater and rocketed around the moon’s opposite side, and the fragile Earth became visible to us once again, hovering in the blackness ahead. Over the comm channel, I heard my fat...
The same goes for Marie Curie. Before she discovered radium, you can be certain she first discovered the little man in the canoe. It
The ability to mute my peers was one of my favorite things about attending school online, and I took advantage of it almost daily. The best thing about it was that they could see that you’d muted them...
Students weren’t allowed to use their avatar names while they were at school. This was to prevent teachers from having to say ridiculous things like Pimp_Grease, please pay attention! or BigWang69, wo...
O que acontece depois da morte? Bem, não sabemos ao certo. Mas as evidências sugerem que não acontece nada. Você morre, seu cérebro para de funcionar e você some e deixa de fazer perguntas irritantes.
Newer, faster, or more versatile components were always being released, so I was constantly spending large chunks of my meager income on upgrades.
Nebraska, I said. What’s in Nebraska? A top-secret Earth Defense Alliance base.
Maybe it isn’t a good idea to tell a newly arrived human being that he’s been born into a world of chaos, pain, and poverty just in time to watch everything fall to pieces.
Many of the gunters on the front lines took an involuntary step backward. A few others turned and ran for their lives.
I tried to keep my cool. I tried to remain skeptical. I reminded myself that I was a man of science, even if I did usually get a C in it.
I need to tell you one last thing before I go. Something I didn't figure out for myself until it was too late. I created the oasis because I never felt at home in the real world. I didn't know how to...
I created the OASIS because I never felt at home in the real world. I didn’t know how to connect with the people there. I was afraid, for all of my life. Right up until I knew it was ending. That was...
I RODE THE turbo elevator back up to the observation deck. The moment the elevator doors swished open and I stepped into the large domed room, the odor of burning cannabis filled my nose. The smell gr...
Helpful Help-desk Incorporated took millions of calls a day, from all over the world, 24-7, 365. One angry, befuddled cretin after another. There was no down time between the calls because there were...
Glenmorangie. On the rocks.