In this Philip K Dick Book, a group of characters try to solve a mysterious death and why they all have something in common ( a tattoo).

The solution turns out that they are all on a drifting spaceship. the computer creates worlds fro them to inhabit to pass the time. As a result of this in each world created the back story of the characters interlinks.

I can see many ways that the Lost series so far could match this book. It is also a better explanation for a created world than an eXistenz style game.

Any Thoughts?

I thought there was meant to be a rational explanation to all this?