Sword Art Online 1: Aincrad

Name: Sword Art Online 1: Aincrad
Brand: Hachette Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Reki Kawahara
ISBN: 9781975337186

Author: Reki Kawahara, Stephen Paul

Series: Sword Art Online #1

Narrator: Bryce Papenbrook

Unabridged: 8 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Yen Audio

Published: 08/10/2021

Categories: Fiction, Comics & Graphic Novels, Science Fiction, Action & Adventure

Synopsis

Read the novel that ignited the phenomenon!In the year 2022, gamers rejoice as Sword Art Online - a VRMMORPG (Virtual Reality Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) like no other - debuts, allowing players to take full advantage of the ultimate in gaming technology: NerveGear, a system that allows users to completely immerse themselves in a wholly realistic gaming experience. But when the game goes live, the elation of the players quickly turns to horror as they discover that, for all its amazing features, SAO is missing one of the most basic functions of any MMORPG - a log-out button. Now trapped in the virtual world of Aincrad, their bodies held captive by NerveGear in the real world, users are issued a chilling ultimatum: conquer all one hundred floors of Aincrad to regain your freedom. But in the warped world of SAO, "game over" means certain death - both virtual and real...

Reviews

Goodreads review by Magpie on August 04, 2021

It's 4:30 A.M now and that means I've woken up all night to complete this book. This is the second light novel I've read ( the first is 5cm/s and I don't like it ) and I totally love it! I'm an RPG player so I completely got into the idea of this book after several sentences. I love the way the author......more

Goodreads review by Alexandria on March 21, 2013

IT'S SUPER AWESOME! I watched the anime first, and I was instantly hooked. Thanks for my bro for showing me this awesome light novel, or more likely, the anime. The anime was well-made, with just a few scenes being omitted. I hope there would be second season of the anime! Anyway, the story is set in......more

Goodreads review by Alice on June 22, 2015

Sword Art Online is one of those where I absolutely love the idea but am really disappointed by the execution. I probably should have known better because I didn’t really like the anime when I tried to watch that, but I thought maybe I’d get on better when the novel. The novel pretty much reads like......more

Goodreads review by Kristina on January 16, 2025

I really like the premise of this story. I am really loving the anime so far (my impatience to see more episodes is what led me do finding the light novel). I was surprised by how well done the translation seemed - for the most part reading this in English seemed really natural. For some reason that......more

Goodreads review by Grace, Queen of Crows and Tomes on December 13, 2017

So, I watched the anime first and I liked it. It wasn't the greatest anime ever as people claimed it to be, but I enjoyed it. Then someone recommended the books to me and said that the books were better. Now that I have read this one, I gotta agree that the books are better!!! I thoroughly enjoyed r......more