In 2012, the book received an Alex Award from the Young Adult Library Services Association division of the American Library Association and won the 2011 Prometheus Award. An audiobook was released the same day it was narrated by Wil Wheaton, who was mentioned briefly in one of the chapters. Cline sold the rights to publish the novel in June 2010, in a bidding war to the Crown Publishing Group (a division of Random House).The book was published on August 16, 2011. The story, set in a dystopia in 2045, follows protagonist Wade Watts on his search for an Easter egg in a worldwide virtual reality game, the discovery of which would lead him to inherit the game creator's fortune. “Ready Player One is a 2011 science fiction novel, and the debut novel of American author Ernest Cline. Signed by the author in blue pen on the title page. Very small, stray pen mark on front free end paper. Light handling wear to edges, smudges to panels. Faint edge wear with wrinkling to spine ends and edges, rubbing to gloss. Original charcoal paper-covered boards, stamped in white, in original unclipped ($24.00) dust-jacket.
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