Remember that Ray Bradbury story, "There Will Come Soft Rains." It is about a house that begins to become human and all its implications therein. In this one, an arrogant young man appears to be the sole survivor of a holocaust. Before the event, he creates a high tech bunker, replete with everything one could use to survive. He also reproduces his mother and father and brother as holograms. They prove to be antagonists for him. He apparently has been emotionally damaged by his family, yet he enjoins them in his world through electronic genius. He also is able to create beautiful holographic women, with whom he is able to have dalliance. He can only perform in a special chamber. He does take a liking to a beautiful blonde hologram named Emma. In the twist in the story, she falls in love with him. While he enjoys her, this is too much. He doesn't want a commitment to what is not really human. He endeavors to re-wire (so to speak) his computer system to remove anything that is causing him inconvenience. This is pretty good science fiction. It forces us to think of what loneliness there would be as one looks to an empty future. There apparently are some random elements put into the program so it makes life interesting, but if you think too much, this is sadly depressing.
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