Gold: The Final Science Fiction CollectionHarper Collins, 2009 M03 17 - 420 pages Gold is the final and crowning achievement of the fifty-year career of science fiction's transcendent genius, the world-famous author who defined the field of science fiction for its practitioners, its millions of readers, and the world at large. The first section contains stories that range from the humorous to the profound, at the heart of which is the title story, "Gold," a moving and revealing drama about a writer who gambles everything on a chance at immortality: a gamble Asimov himself made -- and won. The second section contains the grand master's ruminations on the SF genre itself. And the final section is comprised of Asimov's thoughts on the craft and writing of science fiction. |
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... better, does it make everything smoother and easier for me? Is that why I feel good? Then I ask, When a master feels good, is it because something in him works more easily? My master nods and says, Cal, you are smarter than you look. I ...
... better to know . I am — I am— He says , You are curious , Cal . I say , I don't know what that word means . He says , It means you want to know just because you want to know . I want to know just because I want to know , I say . He says ...
... better. I do not know what gibberish is. I say, Is it a story? He says, No, it is not. And it is a lucky thing the Writer cannot be damaged by mishandling. If you really want to write so badly, I will tell you what I will do. I will ...
... better . This time I had no apprehen- sion - I know the meaning of " apprehension , ” too — I had no apprehension that he would keep me from using the old Writer . After all , he would not have redesigned me to be capable of using it if ...
... better off if there were . What if your hero , whom you'll have to call some- thing other than Cal , doesn't know whether someone is an intruder or not . How would he find out ? You see , he has to use his head . " And my master pointed ...
Contents
Left to Right | 42 |
Alexander the God | 77 |
Goodbye to Earth | 88 |
Feghoot and the Courts | 99 |
Flying Saucers and Science Fiction | 180 |
The Science Fiction Blowgun | 189 |
The AllHuman Galaxy | 216 |
Science Fiction Series | 228 |
Hints | 316 |
Writing for Young People | 321 |
Names | 327 |
Originality | 333 |
Book Reviews | 339 |
What Writers Go Through | 344 |
Revisions | 350 |
Irony | 356 |
Outsiders Insiders | 246 |
Science Fiction Anthologies | 252 |
Plotting | 283 |
Metaphor | 289 |
Ideas | 295 |
Suspense | 301 |
Serials | 307 |
The Name of Our Field | 312 |
Plagiarism | 362 |
Symbolism | 368 |
Prediction | 374 |
Bestseller | 380 |
Pseudonyms | 386 |
Dialog | 392 |