Golden Age (novel)

Golden Age was a novel by Lawrence Burton published in late 2020. It was written contemporaneously with his Faction Paradox novel Against Nature. Rather than a direct sequel or a tie-in to Against Nature, Burton described Golden Age as "both a pendant and a reaction to the same", describing unrelated events that run parallel to those of Against Nature and only barely cross paths on the fringes of either novel.

Publisher's summary
Written contemporaneous with Against Nature, Golden Age is both a pendant and a reaction to the same but not a sequel, and definitely not a "tie-in". Composed by hurling lawn darts at a map of the future in accordance with numerous compositional techniques first developed by A.E. van Vogt, Golden Age follows persons from 15th century Mexico, 21st century Texas, the planet Ganda Mnemma, and wherever gnomes come from - first to Jim's diner, San Antonio, and then the tunnels which run beneath the universe connecting unrelated worlds for no adequately explained reason. Various unusual encounters occur along the way, with a fatal and horrendously smelly one right at the end, and you can read about them all in this powerful new addition to the canon of blue collar science-fiction.

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Continuity

 * Aliens from Ganda Mnemma appear. (PROSE: Against Nature)