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by Isaac Asimov, Orson Scott Card (Introduction)
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.
Chapter List (51 chapters)
- Part One: The Final Stories Cal
- Part One: The Final Stories Left To Right
- Part One: The Final Stories Frustration
- Part One: The Final Stories Hallucination
- Part One: The Final Stories The Instability
- Part One: The Final Stories Alexander The God
- Part One: The Final Stories In The Canyon
- Part One: The Final Stories Good-Bye To Earth
- Part One: The Final Stories Battle-Hymn
- Part One: The Final Stories Feghoot And The Courts
- Part One: The Final Stories Fault-Intolerant
- Part One: The Final Stories Kid Brother
- Part One: The Final Stories The Nations In Space
- Part One: The Final Stories The Smile Of The Chipper
- Part One: The Final Stories Gold
- Part Two: On Science Fiction The Longest Voyage
- Part Two: On Science Fiction Inventing the Universe
- Part Two: On Science Fiction Flying Saucers And Science Fiction
- Part Two: On Science Fiction Invasion
- Part Two: On Science Fiction The Science Fiction Blowgun
- Part Two: On Science Fiction The Robot Chronicles
- Part Two: On Science Fiction Golden Age Ahead
- Part Two: On Science Fiction The All-Human Galaxy
- Part Two: On Science Fiction Psychohistory
- Part Two: On Science Fiction Science Fiction Series
- Part Two: On Science Fiction Survivors
- Part Two: On Science Fiction Science Fiction Anthologies
- Part Two: On Science Fiction The Influence Of Science Fiction
- Part Two: On Science Fiction Women And Science Fiction
- Part Two: On Science Fiction Religion And Science Fiction
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