In a dystopian, overpopulated future, humanity takes refuge from misery in OASIS, a vast virtual-reality universe where anyone can be whoever they want. When its creator, an eccentric and melancholy genius, dies, he leaves hidden in the game an Easter egg: whoever solves his three riddles will inherit his fortune and absolute control of OASIS. Young Wade Watts joins the hunt alongside other players, going up against a ruthless corporation willing to do anything to win. Spielberg turns Ernest Cline's novel into a celebration of eighties pop culture, a carousel of nostalgia and digital action about what truly matters when real life waits outside.