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BL
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948672
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b703042
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| Main Entry
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Asimov, Isaac,1920-1992.
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| Title & Author
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Gold : : the final science fiction collection /\ Isaac Asimov.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: HarperPrism,, ©1995.
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345 pages ;; 25 cm
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| ISBN
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006105206X
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: 0061054097
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: 9780061052064
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: 9780061054099
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| Contents
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Part 1. 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 -- pt. 2. 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 -- pt. 3. On writing science fiction. Plotting ; Metaphor ; Ideas ; Suspense ; Serials ; The name of our field ; Hints ; Writing for young people ; Names ; Originality ; Book reviews ; What writers go through ; Revisions ; Irony ; Plagiarism ; Symbolism ; Prediction ; Best-seller ; Pseudonyms ; Dialog.
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Fifteen fiction stories, 18 non-fiction and 20 essays on the craft of writing science fiction. One of the fiction pieces is Cal, on a robot who wants to be a writer. His owner, a writer, agrees to program him for the task, but when the robot outdoes the writer in his craft, switches him off.
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Science fiction-- Authorship.
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Science fiction-- History and criticism-- Theory, etc.
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Science fiction, American.
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Science fiction.
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Science fiction-- Authorship.
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Science fiction, American.
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| Dewey Classification
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813/.54
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| LC Classification
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PS3551.S5G62 1995
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