With a new introduction by New York Times-bestselling author Orson Scott CardHe invented science fiction. And in this final and crowning achievement of a career spanning 50 years, Isaac Asimov shares short stories ranging from the humorous to the profound, ruminations on the science fiction genre itself, and thoughts on the craft and writing of science fiction.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.
Available copies: Gold the Final Science Fiction Collection By
Asimov, Isaac
NY: Harper Prism, 1995. Dj is clean and slightly scuffed. Cover is clean, bumped with gilt stamp on spine. Pages are clean and tight.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo.
Harper Prism, 1995. hardcover. Like New. specially bound and slipcased edition limited to 1226 copies. No copy number entered. RARE SCIENCE FICTION HBOX 36
London: Voyager. Very Good; Light reading creases and edge wear. ; Nice tight flat copy, no . names or marks inside.. 1996. Reprint. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Fifth Printing; 430 pages; The final collection of short stories and articles by the Grand Master of SF. ; 0006482023 .
London: Voyager. Very Good; Light reading and cover creases. ; Nice tight copy, no names or . marks inside. Heavy book and priced accordingly.. 1996. Reprint. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Fourth Printing; 434 pages; The final anthology of Asimov's short stories containing all of his previously uncollected SF short stories. ; 0006482023 .