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What happens when someone makes a scientific breakthrough that makes a breathtaking leap beyond current technology and then uses that breakthrough for petty and childish revenge? In One Is the Loneliest Number, the genius is a fool; he has much reason to be bitter, but his attitudes toward others are destined to create enemies. Although he has a genius for programming, he does not think matters through, putting the world at risk. Although in One Is the Loneliest Number this issue is a very personal one for Roddy and those he hurts, the novel also touches on the broader...

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