At a game like this, a gifted human player could always triumph over the game’s AI, because software couldn’t improvise. It could either react randomly, or in a limited number of predetermined ways, b...
As terrifying and painful as reality can be, it's also the only place where you can find true happiness.
As soon as they saw Aech’s score increase, they would have used Fyndoro’s Tablet of Finding and learned that he was currently on Frobozz.
As I watched them embrace, there on the front lawn, my heart was rocked by waves of unbridled joy. It occurred to me that up until this moment I'd only ever experienced the bridled kind. Having the re...
As I stared out at the grim skyline, a bright sliver of the sun peeked over the horizon. Watching it rise, I performed a mental ritual: Whenever I saw the sun, I reminded myself that I was looking at...
And I was just there, less than an hour ago, debugging subroutines in my cubicle, when a motherfucking Earth Defense Alliance shuttle suddenly shows up and lands right outside my office building! I fi...
Agarré uno al azar y lo metí en la ranura. Por los altavoces internos y externos del robot empezó a sonar Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, de AC/DC, a un volumen tan exagerado que la silla en la que iba s...
Halliday once said that he preferred to pretend the other Indiana Jones films, from Kingdom of the Crystal Skull onward, didn’t exist. I tended to agree.)
Los cereales Cap’n Crunch.
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...
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...
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.
Many of the gunters on the front lines took an involuntary step backward. A few others turned and ran for their lives.
I made a big entrance when I arrived in my flying DeLorean, which I’d obtained by completing a Back to the Future quest on the planet Zemeckis.
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...
Glaives
Getting outside is highly overrated.
Azért hoztam létre az OASIS-t, mert soha nem találtam a helyem a valóságban. Nem tudtam, hogyan teremtsek kapcsolatot az emberekkel. Egész életemben féltem. Egészen addig, amíg fel nem fogtam, hogy ha...