The Golden Age
a romance of the far future
Published in 2002, The Golden Age is a romantasy and sci-fi romance novel by John C. Wright. The story is set in Neptune and Solar System, in The Far Future. Key subjects include Amnesia and extraterrestrial beings.
Open Library readers give it an average of 3.8 out of 5 from 5 ratings, and 25 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 5 editions.
It runs to roughly 320 pages — 5–6 hours of reading at an average pace.
About The Golden Age
"The Golden Age takes place 10,000 years in the future in our solar system, an interplanetary utopian society filled with immortal humans. Within the frame of a traditional tale - the one rebel who is unhappy in utopia - Wright spins an elaborate plot web filled with suspense and passion." "Phaethon, of Radamanthus House, is attending a glorious party at his family mansion to celebrate the thousand-year anniversary of the High Transcendence. There he meets first an old man who accuses him of being an impostor and then a being from Neptune who claims to be an old friend. The Neptunian tells him that essential parts of his memory were removed and stored by the very government that Phaethon believes to be wholly honorable. It shakes his faith. He is an exile from himself." And so Phaethon embarks upon a quest across the transformed solar system - Jupiter is now a second sun, Mars and Venus terraformed, humanity immortal - among humans, intelligent machines, and bizarre lifeforms that are partly both, to recover his memory, and to learn what crime he planned that warranted such preemptive punishment. His quest is to regain his true identity.
Awards & lists
- ✦Locus Awards 2003 — Best First Novel (nominee)
Quick answers
Who wrote The Golden Age?
The Golden Age was written by John C. Wright and first published in 2002.
What genre is The Golden Age?
It is usually shelved as Romantasy and Science Fiction Romance.
How long is The Golden Age?
The median edition has 320 pages, about 5–6 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.
What books are similar to The Golden Age?
Readers who like it often enjoy Enslave Me Sweetly, A Civil Campaign and Rio Lento.
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