Pick up a copy of "Ready Player One" by Ernest Cline at the Downtown Bend Library. Limited copies available at the front desk. Then, screen the movie at Tin Pan Theater. Following the screening join a librarian led discussion about the book and the film.

“Ready Player One,” based on Ernest Cline’s bestseller of the same name, has become a worldwide phenomenon. The story is set in 2045, with the world on the brink of chaos and collapse. But the people have found salvation in the OASIS, an expansive virtual reality universe created by the brilliant and eccentric James Halliday (Mark Rylance). When Halliday dies, he leaves his immense fortune to the first person to find a digital Easter egg he has hidden somewhere in the OASIS, sparking a contest that grips the entire world. When an unlikely young hero named Wade Watts (Tye Sheridan) decides to join the contest, he is hurled into a breakneck, reality-bending treasure hunt through a fantastical universe of mystery, discovery and danger.

Seating is limited. Concessions available for purchase.

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