Asimov the last question5/26/2023 ![]() ![]() He presents Isaac Asimov as “the purest, clearest, most fluid, most effective writer of the American Plain Style” (x). Orson Scott Card observes that America has “two levels of language,” one for communicating and one for making an impression (Introduction). ![]() The title story is a “drama about a writer who gambles everything on a chance at immortality: a gamble Asimov himself made-and won” (cover). Gold is a collection of stories and essays that explain Asimov’s perception of the genre and the craft involved. ![]() Asimov’s work has defined science fiction as a multilayered genre, ranging from the simple rearrangement of history to more complex manipulation of reality. “Gold,” the title story of Gold: The Final Science Fiction Collection, fittingly mirrors Isaac Asimov’s half-century writing career. ![]()
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