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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... human masters feel good. He says robots just have positronic brain paths that work more easily when they follow orders. I don't know what positronic brain paths are. He says they are something inside me. I say, When positronic brain ...
... Human beings are not controlled by the Three Laws of Robotics . Human masters can hurt other human masters , if they wish . This is wrong , I say . It is , he says . In my stories , people who do harm are pun- ished . They are put in ...
... human masters who are sometimes here are gone. There are two other ro- bots my master has who are more important than I am. They do more important work. They wait in their niches at night when they have not been given anything to do. My ...
... wrongdoers 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.
... human master can say anything he wants to say . They always talk about us robots as though we weren't there . I've noticed that , too . My master said , “ Did you ever hear of a robot who wanted to be a writer ? " “ No , ” said the ...
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 |