Gold: The Final Science Fiction Collection is a book by Isaac Asimov published by HarperPrism in 1995.
The collection comprises thirty-eight essays and fifteen short stories that had remained uncollected when Asimov died.
Contents[]
Introduction by Orson Scott Card
Part One - The Final Stories[]
(1) Cal
(2) Left to Right
(3) Frustration
(4) Hallucination
(5) The Instability
(7) In the Canyon
(9) Battle-Hymn
(11) Fault-Intolerant
(12) Kid Brother
(13) The Nations in Space
(14) The Smile of the Chipper
(15) Gold
Part Two - On Science Fiction[]
(1) The Longest Voyage
(2) Inventing a Universe
(3) Flying Saucers and Science Fiction
(4) Invasion
(5) The Science Fiction Blowgun
(6) The Robot Chronicles
(7) Golden Age Ahead
(8) The All-Human Galaxy
(9) Psychohistory
(10) Science Fiction Series
(11) Survivors
(12) Nowhere!
(13) Outsiders, Insiders
(14) Science Fiction Anthologies
(15) The Influence of Science Fiction
(16) Women and Science Fiction
(17) Religion and Science Fiction
(18) Time-Travel
Part Three - On Writing Science Fiction[]
(19) Plotting
(20) Metaphor
(21) Ideas
(22) Suspense
(23) Serials
(24) The Name of Our Field
(25) Hints
(26) Writing for Young People
(27) Names
(28) Originality
(29) Book Reviews
(30) What Writers Go Through
(31) Revisions
(32) Irony
(33) Plagiarism
(34) Symbolism
(35) Prediction
(36) Best-Seller
(37) Pseudonyms
(38) Dialog
Acknowledgements
About the Author