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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-4 of 4
... suppose that that is what the master meant when he said you must make up a story . I found it was necessary to think about it first and then write down what was thought . It was much more compli- cated than I had supposed . My master ...
... suppose . " " Undoubtedly . They could not steal . Besides , I have asked each one of them if they took any money and they all said they had not . And , of course , robots can- not lie , either . " " You are quite right , " said ...
... Suppose he writes satire . That's one thing I don't write , so we won't be competing , and the Three Laws of Robotics won't get in his way . I want you to give this robot a sense of the ridiculous . ” " A sense of the what ? " said the ...
... suppose I wrote a story about ridiculous human be- ings , with no robots present because , of course , robots aren't ridiculous and their presence would simply spoil the humor . And suppose I put in a person who was a technician of ...
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 |