Second Coming the novel: Extending the Entertainment

The strange, strange universe of Paul Genet

The fictional universe of the novel is exactly like the real universe except for one thing: in the novel’s universe, everything is balanced by everything else. To get the novel’s universe, you only have to make a single assumption: that balance rules absolutely. You simply apply balance to the whole of existence.

Balance as the operating principle of the novel's universe

‘Second Coming’ protagonist, Paul Genet, answers questions about his universe:

What is time?

Why is there something rather than nothing?

What is the true nature of existence?

Does life exist elsewhere in the universe?

Will there ever be a coherent theory of quantum gravity?

Is the universe a computer?

Are superstrings the theory of everything?

Is Schrödinger's cat both alive and dead in a balanced quantum universe?

Does God exist in the balanced universe of Paul Genet?

What is the origin of language?