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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... time - travel . I don't know how many stories have been written about people going back in time to keep Lincoln from being assassinated , but how about people going back in time to keep Jesus from being crucified ? Surely that greater ...
... time - travel . I don't know how many stories have been written about people going back in time to keep Lincoln from being assassinated , but how about people going back in time to keep Jesus from being crucified ? Surely that greater ...
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The Final Science Fiction Collection Isaac Asimov. TIME - TRAVEL I HAVE OFTEN SAID , IN SPEAKING and in writing , that the qualified sci- ence fiction writer avoids the ... time slowed through motion at speeds close to that of 235 Time- ...
The Final Science Fiction Collection Isaac Asimov. TIME - TRAVEL I HAVE OFTEN SAID , IN SPEAKING and in writing , that the qualified sci- ence fiction writer avoids the ... time slowed through motion at speeds close to that of 235 Time- ...
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... time - travel story . In true time - travel , the characters can move , at will , back and forth in time . Nor is it fair if this is done through supernatural intervention as in Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol . It must be done by ...
... time - travel story . In true time - travel , the characters can move , at will , back and forth in time . Nor is it fair if this is done through supernatural intervention as in Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol . It must be done by ...
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