One Is the Loneliest Number | Setting
Most of the action takes place on the web, a virtual world created by computers. Computer users no longer use keyboards to interface with computers; they simply switch on their computers and, with the aid of their implants, seem to merge into imaginary realities. They begin at their virtual desktops, areas in their web sites where they collect and send e-mail, and store the programs they use to move about the web. All the images are symbolic of programs and data files.
The main characters of One Is the Loneliest Number are "sim" enthusiasts. A sim is a program created to...
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