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When We Were Real
Published 2025 by Saga Press · 464 pages
Nebula · 2026
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2 award entries · 2 books · 0 wins · 2018–2026
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Synopsis
Seven years after the world was revealed to be a digital simulation, best friends JP and Dulin take a cross-country bus tour of physics-defying glitches after JP's cancer returns.
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