# Quote — Ernest Cline, Ready Player One

> The Great Recession was now entering its third decade, and unemployment was still at a record high. Even the fast-food joints in my neighborhood had a two-year waiting list for job applicants.

- Author: [Ernest Cline](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ernest-cline.md)
- Book: [Ready Player One](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ernest-cline/ready-player-one.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ready_Player_One#0004) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/ernest-cline/ready-player-one/the-great-recession

## More from this book

> These three words were always the last thing an OASIS user saw before leaving the real world and entering the virtual one:

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ernest-cline/ready-player-one/these-three-words.md)

> For years hunters had speculated that Anorak still roamed the OASIS, now as an autonomous NPC. Halliday’s ghost in the machine.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ernest-cline/ready-player-one/for-years-hunters.md)

> At first, these individuals were known simply as "egg hunters," but this was quickly truncated to the nickname "gunters."

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ernest-cline/ready-player-one/at-first-these.md)