# The One by Rick Veitch

3 Hacker News commenters recommended The One by Rick Veitch and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Readers recommend it for combining several obsessions into a coherent whole with ingenious storytelling, and one reader gave copies to friends. Few comments were found, so critics' caveats are unclear.

## Why people recommend it

- Ingenious storytelling across obsessions (1 comments): "a pulling together of obsessions and ingenious storytelling ideas into a coherent whole" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48887897))
- Readers gave copies to friends (1 comments): "I loved his writing and gave copies to all my friends in high school / college." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46983605))

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## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/096248640X?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9780962486401) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "The One by Rick Veitch", https://hackerapproved.com/p/one/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).