''Gold: The Final Science Fiction Collection'' is a 1995 collection of stories and essays by American writer

Isaac Asimov Isaac Asimov ( ; – April 6, 1992) was an Russian-born American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. During his lifetime, Asimov was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers, along with Robert A. H ...

. The stories, which comprise the volume's first half, are short pieces which had remained uncollected at the time of the author's death. "

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" expresses both Asimov's admiration of ''

King Lear ''The Tragedy of King Lear'', often shortened to ''King Lear'', is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It is loosely based on the mythological Leir of Britain. King Lear, in preparation for his old age, divides his ...

'' and his thoughts on cinema adaptations of his own stories. The story "Gold" won a

Hugo Award The Hugo Award is an annual literary award for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year, given at the World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) and chosen by its members. The award is administered by th ...

Part One: The Final Stories

Short stories: # "

" (1990), novelette, ''Robot'' series # "Left to Right" (1987), ''Probability Zero'' series # "

Frustration In psychology, frustration is a common emotional response to opposition, related to anger, annoyance and disappointment. Frustration arises from the perceived resistance to the fulfillment of an individual's Will (philosophy), will or goal and ...

" (1991) # "

Hallucination A hallucination is a perception in the absence of an external stimulus that has the compelling sense of reality. They are distinguishable from several related phenomena, such as dreaming ( REM sleep), which does not involve wakefulness; pse ...

" (1985), novelette, ''Multivac'' series # " The Instability" (1989) # " Alexander the God" (1989) # "

In the Canyon IN, In or in may refer to: Dans * India (country code IN) * Indiana, United States (postal code IN) * Ingolstadt, Germany (license plate code IN) * In, Russia, a town in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast Businesses and organizations * Independen ...

" (1990) # " Good-bye to Earth" (1989) # " Battle-Hymn" (1995) # " Feghoot and the Courts" (1986) # " Fault-Intolerant" (1990) # " Kid Brother" (1990), ''Robot'' series # " The Nations in Space" (1995) # "

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" (1988) # "

" (1991), novelette

Part Two: On Science Fiction

Essays: # "The Longest Voyage" (1983) # "Inventing the Universe" (1990) # "Flying Saucers and Science Fiction" (1982) # "Invasion" (1990) # "The Science Fiction Blowgun" (1978) # "The Robot Chronicles" (1990) # "Golden Age Ahead" (1979) # "The All-Human Galaxy" (1983) # "Psychohistory" (1988) # "Science Fiction Series" (1986) # "Survivors" (1987) # "Nowhere!" (1983) # "Outsiders, Insiders" (1986) # "Science Fiction Anthologies" (1981) # "The Influence of Science Fiction" (1981) # "Women and Science Fiction" (1983) # "Religion and Science Fiction" (1984) # "Time-Travel" (1984)

Part Three: On Writing Science Fiction

Essays: # "Plotting" (1989) # "Metaphor" (1989) # "Ideas" (1990) # "Serials" (1980) # "The Name of Our Field" (1978) # "Hints" (1979) # "Writing for Young People" (1986) # "Names" (1984) # "Originality" (1986) # "Book Reviews" (1981) # "What Writers Go Through" (1981) # "Revisions" (1982) # "Irony" (1984) # "Plagiarism" (1985) # "Symbolism" (1985) # "Prediction" (1989) # "Best-Seller" (1983) # "Pseudonyms" (1984) # "Dialog" (1985)

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* * Eos paperback edition (2003) . 1995 short story collections Science fiction short story collections by Isaac Asimov {{1990s-sf-story-collection-stub

Contents

Part One: The Final Stories

Part Two: On Science Fiction

Part Three: On Writing Science Fiction

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