Gold: The Final Science Fiction CollectionHarper Collins, 17. mars 2009 - 420 sider 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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... sometimes. They give him backtalk. Sometimes they do not do what they are told. He gets very angry and red in the face. Then he tells me to do something, and I do it. He says, thank goodness, you do as you are told. Of course, I do as I ...
... sometimes here are gone. There are two other ro- bots my master has who are more important than I am. They do more important work. They wait in their niches at night when they have not been given anything to do. My master has not said ...
... that wrongdoers will weep and be ashamed . Human beings aren't like that . They must be punished sometimes . " I felt my positronic brain paths go rough . I said , " That is difficult . ” " I know . Also , there's no mystery in 12 Gold.
... Sometimes I couldn't understand them even when I read them slowly . Sometimes I did , though , and it seemed to me I could write a story like Mr. Northrop's . This time I spent quite a long while working it out in my head . When I ...
... overhear what he was saying , but even from where I was standing , I could hear the conversation . Sometimes human beings forget how sharp the senses of robots can be . After all , I was very upset . I wanted 20 Gold.
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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 |