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Thomas J. Ryan


Born
in Canada
January 01, 1942

Genre
Science Fiction & Fantasy


Thomas Joseph Ryan, born 1942, is a Canadian author.

Ryan moved into the USA and worked as a computer troubleshooter. Living in Garden Grove, California in 1977 he wrote his most known work, the science fiction novel The Adolescence of P-1. The story is one of the earliest fictional depictions of a computer virus and how it intelligently can spread through a computer network.

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Average rating: 4.08 · 438 ratings · 52 reviews · 11 distinct works • Similar authors
The Adolescence of P-1
4.05 avg rating — 300 ratings — published 1977 — 7 editions
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Spies, Scouts, and Secrets ...
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Essays on Delaware during t...
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Poverty and the Child: A Ca...
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Sarah Cortelyou, A Young Gi...
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