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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... felt bad that the introoder looked skared. Cal said, “Look what you have done. You have bro- ken the windo.” “Yes,” said the introoder, looking very ashaymed. “I did not mean to break the windo.” Cal was very clever and he saw the flawr ...
... will weep and be ashamed . Human beings aren't like that . They must be punished sometimes . " I felt my positronic brain paths go rough . I said , " That is difficult . ” " I know . Also , there's no mystery in 12 Gold.
... felt that if one of you was a thief , you wouldn't be able to resist a shiny quarter . Mr. Wassell , you've been stealing from your own company , and , afraid you would be caught , you tried to spread the guilt among your men . That was ...
... felt guilty at how he had treated me he should feel guilty or perhaps he was just worried at the possibility of having lost a great deal of money . As my sense of balance returned and my speech became clear , an odd thing happened . I ...
... felt guilty about the risk he had taken of doing me harm. I finally started the story, and here it is: PERFECTLY FORMAL by Euphrosyne Durando George and I were dining at a rather posh restaurant, one in which it was not unusual to see ...
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 |