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Human.4 by Mike A Lancaster?
(it's got a sequel, 1.4)
OMG thats it!!
[No personal attacks, please - Septimus Heap]
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This concept sounds super interesting. I love the idea of being behind the scenes. Like, being invisible and getting to see under the curtain of every day life.
So any story that deals with that will interest me.
Is it like, serious about the topic or is it young adult idealism stuff?
The story sounds super interesting. Some of these queries are. I wish I could answer more, but I know only much that I know.
weird sci-fi book about the "it's all a simulation" theory Literature
it was about these two or three kids who were gonna perform a magic act for a talent show in their town, but when they do it, they black out. after they wake up, they find everyone is gone. everyone is found doing a multitude of strange things, like throwing out all their furniture, and having weird robotic "tentacles or tubes" sprout from parts of their bodies. only a select few others aren't being affected, and the other citizens don't seem to notice the kids.
it was revealed that the whole world is a simulation, and they recently updated humanity while the kids were out, but they didn't update. this has happened throughout history, leaving others unable to communicate or even be perceived by the other people that did update. the entities running the sim offer the kids a way to update if they so wish to rejoin their other friends and family, or stay as is and live in the world as if they don't exist anymore.