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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... tell when my master feels good. His mouth stretches and he calls that a smile. He pats me on the shoulder and says, Good, Cal. Good. I like it when he says, Good, Cal. Good. I say to my master, Thank you. You make me feel good, too. And ...
... tell about people who do different things , and have different things happen to them . I How do you find out what they do and what hap- pens to them ? I say, But prison is wrong, too, if it makes. say , He says , I make them up , Cal ...
... tell me not to do it. The words are printed on paper and in the morning I show the words to my master. I say, I am sorry. I was using the Writer. He looks at the paper. Then he looks at me. He makes a frown. He says, Did you do this ...
... tell you what I will do. I will have you reprogrammed so that you will know how to use a Writer. Two days later, a technician arrives. He is a master who knows how to make robots do better jobs. My master tells me that the technician is ...
... tell me , Cal . In your story , Cal is you , isn't he ? " " Yes . " I was pleased he had noticed that . " Bad idea . You don't want to put yourself into a story and say how great you are . It offends the reader . " " Why , master ...
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 |