Ready Player One Is Getting A Sequel
During a Facebook Live event debuting the second trailer for the film adaptation of Ready Player One, author Ernest Cline confirmed that he’s working on a sequel to the book. Set in 2045, Ready Player One follows teenager Wade Watts who’s trying to survive and unlock secrets in a virtual utopia known as the OASIS. No word on when the sequel will be published, but you can catch Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of the first book in theaters March 2018.
Gabriel García Márquez’s Archive Goes Digital
The Harry Ransom center at the University of Texas has digitized about half of Gabriel García Márquez’s archive, and made it freely available online. Included in the author’s collection are drafts and other material relating to all of his major books, including One Hundred Years of Solitude. Although García Márquez’s work is still under copyright, his estate allowed the digitization and distribution of the archive. (You can go straight to the archive here.)
4-Year-Old Reads 100 Books In One Day
In small but mighty news, a 4-year-old boy read 100 books in one day. Chicagoan Caleb Green’s parents streamed the young bibliophile’s reading marathon on Facebook Live. Caleb told his parents it had to be 100 books–no less–so friends of the family dropped by with more books for him to read. You can watch videos of Caleb’s reading marathon in the article (they are adorable).
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