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Versions of Reality Quotes
[Halliday] was the videogame designer responsible for creating the OASIS, a massively multiplayer online game that had gradually evolved into the globally networked virtual reality most of humanity...
Identity Quotes
Anonymity was one of the major perks of the OASIS. (2.8)
Appearances Quotes
My avatar had a slightly smaller nose than me, and he was taller. And thinner. And more muscular. And he didn't have any teenage acne. (2.5)
Competition Quotes
Everyone my age remembers where they were and what they were doing when they first heard about the contest. (0.1)
Friendship Quotes
"[We] hit it off immediately, because we shared all of the same interests." (3.9)
Perseverance Quotes
I was still better off than most of the kids in Africa. [...] My life wasn't so bad. (1.38)
Dissatisfaction Quotes
Normally the newsfeeds didn't interrupt everyone's interactive sitcoms and soap operas unless something really major happened. (0.3)
Immortality Quotes
Now you have to live the rest of your life knowing you're going to die someday and disappear forever. (1.31)
The Home Quotes
Playing old videogames never failed to clear my mind and set me at ease. [...] There, inside the game's two-dimensional universe, life was simple. (1.7)
Dreams, Hopes, and Plans Quotes
A new subculture was born, composed of the millions of people who now devoted every free moment of their lives to searching for Halliday's egg. (0.40)