Gold: The Final Science Fiction CollectionHarperPrism, 1995 - 345 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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Page 110
... Lear ! ” and his baton pointed to the Lear voice - recorder , moving gently to mark the speech cadence that he wanted created . Lear says , " How now , daughter ? What makes that frontlet on ? Methinks you are too much o ' late i ' th ...
... Lear ! ” and his baton pointed to the Lear voice - recorder , moving gently to mark the speech cadence that he wanted created . Lear says , " How now , daughter ? What makes that frontlet on ? Methinks you are too much o ' late i ' th ...
Page 112
... Lear by William Shakespeare . " I want not a word changed . I want not a word left out . I don't want to modernize ... Lear's curse pro- ceeded was good . The viewer will gauge the devastating effect it has on her even though her iron ...
... Lear by William Shakespeare . " I want not a word changed . I want not a word left out . I don't want to modernize ... Lear's curse pro- ceeded was good . The viewer will gauge the devastating effect it has on her even though her iron ...
Page 113
... Lear's voice . Of course , I don't want you to show a snake . The too obvious doesn't work . I want a snake there that people can't see but that they can feel without quite noting why they feel . I want them to know a snake is there ...
... Lear's voice . Of course , I don't want you to show a snake . The too obvious doesn't work . I want a snake there that people can't see but that they can feel without quite noting why they feel . I want them to know a snake is there ...
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