Ready Player One Cover

Book cover redesign · Augmented Reality overlay

Ready Player One is a science fiction novel by Ernest Cline, about a young man, Wade, living in a dystopic earth that is defined by the Oasis, a full dive, virtual reality world where people go to escape - Wade participates in a high stakes, globe spanning competition that will determine the virtual world's future ruler, finding danger, friendship and a new sense of purpose along the way.

The novel is aimed at young adults who are digitally oriented and fans of pop culture and video games, dealing with ideas about the relationship we have with technology. It addresses the nature of virtual reality, culture, mass media and digital identity as a whole, approaching these ideas with a degree of warning but also of hope, of faith in the enduring power of our shared humanity, all the while maintaining a bombastic, fun tone, filling itself with pop culture references and technological spectacle.

These ideas are represented in this cover with a focus on the fundamental elements of design - Line, shape and colour, the principles of rhythm, movement and space, evoking feelings of dynamism, virtuality and technology. Perhaps a ray of optimism shining through a colourful, retro futurist virtual world - Alongside an Augmented Reality view that completely brings out the themes of the book. The cover is futuristic, abstract and going at a thousand miles per hour, encapsulating the essence of Ready Player One, not to mention also being an interactive and attention grabbing point of interest on the bookshelf.