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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... sure what is meant by ' intensified ' . " " It means you seem smarter . You seem to know more . " " Does that displease you , master ? " " Not at all . It pleases me . It may make it more possible for you to write stories and even after ...
... sure never to do it agen . " Then the master said , “ You are a good detektav , Cal . I am proud of you . " Cal was very glad to have pleased the master . The End I was very pleased with the story and I showed it to the master . I was sure ...
... sure it will help me in my writing . " " Very good . Continue to show me everything you write . ” The master's stories were quite interesting . He had a de- tective who could always understand matters that others found puzzling . I didn ...
... I have made quiet inquiries , Mr. Smithson , and I have found nothing suspicious about any of them . " " Is one of them in particular need of money ? " " I pay good wages . " “I am sure of that, but perhaps one has some 16 Gold.
The Final Science Fiction Collection Isaac Asimov. “I am sure of that, but perhaps one has some sort of expensive taste that makes his income insufficient.” “I have found no evidence of that, though, to be sure, if one of them needed ...
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 |