Funny, whipsmart, profound and moving, The Fictional Man is a worthy successor to Ballard or Dick by best-selling comics icon Al Ewing (Immortal Hulk) &;What&;s it like, not being real?&; In LA, where today&;s star is tomorrow&;s busboy, discarded &;Fictionals&; &; characters spun into flesh-and-blood by genetic engineering and hypnogogic brain-training &; are everywhere. Screenwriter Niles Golan&;s therapist is a Fictional. So is his best friend. So (maybe) is the woman in the bar he can&;t stop staring at. It&;s getting so you can&;t tell who&;s real and who&;s not. Niles isn&;t completely sure how real he is&;