"Ready Player One" DeLorean prize awarded

Author Ernest Cline was on G4's X-Play this week to give away a fully-restored DeLorean to Craig Queen, the person who won the Easter egg contest that was hidden in the print copies of his novel, Ready Player One.

In the video, X-Play host Blair Herter welcomes Ernest Cline, the author of game-heavy sci-fi novel Ready Player One for a full day at X-Play and to witness Cline handing over the keys to a Delorean to the winner of his Ready Player One Easter Egg contest. Cline sticks around to tell Blair all about his contest, and even comes back inside to take the X-Play Super Mario Bros. Challenge!

Ready Player One Author Ernest Cline's DeLorean Giveaway

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Boundegar

I just finished reading this, and I didn’t see one egg. A few oddly constructed sentences, but no obvious clues. I would love to see complete spoilers!

Also, the embedded video doesn’t seem to work, but it works fine on the click-through.
Slowermo

Obviously he used his prize to travel to the future to find out the answer so he would win. Diabolical.
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It’s a really great read. I wouldn’t have made it past Cline’s 3rd challenge that fast…
equilibrist

There was an egg in there? Damn, I ripped through it in an afternoon and then passed it off to my 18 yo. Didn’t need a De’Lorean. Do want a DelLorean.
Hanglyman

Just started reading this, and had no idea the book itself had a contest in it, besides the one in the storyline. Was this common knowledge, or was the existence of the contest itself part of the puzzle?
- Boundegar
  
  It was mentioned on BoingBoing, and outskirts of the internet. Having seen the video, I’m disappointed I didn’t pick up the first clue. But I would have flunked the first challenge. I suck at video games.
- Boundegar
  
  It was mentioned on BoingBoing, and outskirts of the internet. Having seen the video, I’m disappointed I didn’t pick up the first clue. But I would have flunked the first challenge. I suck at video games.
cubby96

I wanted to participate, but was thwarted by the requirement that I have a Facebook account to participate in the second gate challenge. That and the inexplicable ineligibility of Florida residents made me think that I might be unable to collect even if I won. Boo.

The first challenge was easy enough to find by reading the contest rules (before they were revised) and the game Stacks was a fun little diversion. I wanted to do the rest, but I just couldn’t bring myself to register for the evil Facebook.

For what it is worth, I rather enjoyed the novel.