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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... head . I do not understand and I ask how he makes them up , but he laughs and says , I do not know , either . I just make them up . He says , I write mysteries . Crime stories . I tell about peo- ple who do wrong things , who hurt other ...
... Yes , I did , master , ” I said . “ I mean , all by yourself . You didn't copy anything ? " " I made it up in my own head , master , " I said . " Do you like it ? " He laughed again , quite loudly . “ It's interesting Cal 11.
... head that he'll be able to write your stories for you , Mr. Northrop . " My master stopped smiling . He lifted his head and looked down on the technician very angrily . " Don't be a fool . You just do what I pay you to do . " I think ...
... a story like Mr. Northrop's . This time I spent quite a long while working it out in my head . When I thought I had it worked out , I wrote the fol- lowing : THE SHINY QUARTER by Euphrosyne Durando Calumet Smithson sat in 14 Gold.
... heads as though they were still fearful of speaking . " Mr. Wassell , " said the detective . " Do you agree that no one spoke ? " " Absolutely . We just sat here quietly and waited . We didn't even look at each other . " " Good . Now I ...
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 |