Jennifer Egan. The citadel (№ 246352)

There's never anybody there, Danny. You're the one. That is the reality.
Damn I'm not alone! I have friends all over the world.
Benji squirmed Howard on his knees. Dad, he said a bad word.
But Howard kept on staring at Danny. What they convey to you, your toys? Shadows, disembodied voices? And when you're online - words and pictures on the screen? Yes, Danny, Yes! You think that at the end of the people, and they are not there. You to yourself invented.