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Gold is Isaac Asimov's first original collection of science fiction in over a decade. It is also his last science fiction collection, one containing all of his uncollected SF stories that have never before appeared in book form.
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 SF for its practitioners, for its millions of readers, and for the world at large. The stories collected here range from the humorous to the profound, for Asimov was engaged until the end of his days in the work of redefining and expanding the boundaries of the literature he loved, and indeed, helped create.
At the heart of this unique collection is the title story, Gold a moving and revealing drama about a who gambles everything on a chance at immortality - a gamble Asimov himself made. And won.
This collection contains the following:
Part One The Final Stories
Cal Left to Right Frustration Hallucination The Instability Alexander the God In the Canyon Good-bye to Earth Battle-Hymn Feghoot and the Courts Fault-Intolerant Kid Brother The Nations in Space The Smile of the Chipper Gold
Part Two On Science Fiction
The Longest Voyage Inventing a Universe Flying Saucers and Science Fiction Invasion The Science Fiction Blowgun The Robot Chronicles Golden Age Ahead The All-Human Galaxy Psychohistory Science Fiction Series Survivors Nowhere! Outsiders, Insiders Science Fiction Anthologies The Influence of Science Fiction Women and Science Fiction Religion and Science Fiction Time-Travel
Part Three On Writing Science Fiction
Plotting Metaphor Ideas Suspense Serials The Name of Our Fields Hints Writing for Young People Names Ortiginality Book Reviews What Writers Go Through Revisions Irony Plagiarism Symbolism Prediction Best-Sellar Pseudonyms Dialog