66: Regular People Like Us

The Incomparable Mothership

Jason Snell

Arts, Tv & Film, Leisure

4.8 • 694 Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2011

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Ernest Cline’s “Ready Player One” is a sci-fi novel that’s chock full of references to 1980s culture. But is it a good book, or are the references all that it’s got going for it? What will John Hughes movies be like in the future? And what do Cline, P.G. Wodehouse, and Umberto Eco have in common?

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0:00.0	The incomparable podcast, number 66, November 2011.
0:10.9	Welcome back to The Incomparable Podcast.
0:13.4	I'm Dan Morin sitting in for Jason Snell.
0:16.3	We are convening once again our book club.
0:19.4	This week we're discussing Ready Player 1 by Ernest
0:22.5	Klein. And with me, I have an elite group of panelists. I am joined by Scott McNulty.
0:30.7	Hello, Dan. Insert a random 80s reference here. I see you came prepared. I did.
0:39.3	In addition, we are joined by John Syracuse. Hi, John.
0:41.4	I'm a little bit sleepy tonight, Dan, but maybe my
0:43.3	anger will wake me up.
0:47.8	We also have
0:49.2	Monty Ashley. Hi, Monty.
0:50.9	Hello. Intruder Alert.
0:52.9	Is that a video game that was in this book?
0:55.2	If not, it's the only one that wasn't.
0:57.3	You could have just said video game in this book,
0:59.1	and then we all laughed knowingly.
1:02.7	And, of course, Serenity Caldwell.
1:04.9	Hi, Ren.
1:05.7	Hi.
1:06.7	Our topic tonight, as I mentioned,
1:08.3	Ready Player 1 by Ernest Klein.
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