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Back | Next Contents Gold by Isaac Asimov Isaac Asimov introduced earlier collections of Hugo winners with his jovial authority. This story carries forward effortlessly, gliding on his unique gift for quick narration and darting ideas. Isaac was a genius at the apparently simple. Anyone who ...

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Isaac Asimov - "Gold" (novelette, free): Asimov's own fanfic!
— variety-sf.blogspot.com — This story is actually about two other stories: William Shakespeare's play "King Lear", & Asimov's own novel "The Gods Themselves". About half the text devoted to each. Jonas Willard is the director filming them (makes "compu-drama" - some sort of ... (more) Isaac Asimov - "Gold" (novelette, free): Asimov's own ...

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Free Fiction, Fresh & Huge!
SF Signal — There is a huge batch of new free fiction linked to at Free Speculative Fiction. Check 'em out: Isaac Asimov: "Gold" (Analog, September 1991) Tony Ballantyne: "A New Beginning" (Interzone #163, January 2001) Gregory Benford: "Pebble Among the Stars" (Faster Than Light Anthology, 1976) Leigh Brackett: "The Stellar Legion" (Planet Stories, Winter 1940) "Enchantress of Venus" (Planet Stories, Fall 1949) "Interplanetary Reporter" (Startling Stories, May 1941) " ...

Isaac Asimov - "Gold" (novelette, free): Asimov's own fanfic!
Variety SF — ... stories will likely affect reaction. I'd not read "King Lear"; found this part boring. While "The Gods Themselves" is among the better novels of Asimov, it's an unusual one. I'd read it years ago, & found this part the story easy to follow. Not boring, but not great either. Fact sheet. First published: Analog, September 1991. Rating: B. Download full text from Webscription. [via Free Speculative Fiction Online & Best Science ...

Free fiction: Isaac Asimov, Cordwainer Smith, Geoffrey Landis
Variety SF — These are 2 or 3 months old links that were lost in my bookmarks. Via Free Speculative Fiction Online: 2 stories from Gregory Benford (Ed)'s "The New Hugo Winners-Volume IV" at Webscription: Geoffrey A Landis' "A Walk In The Sun"; download. Isaac Asimov's "Gold"; download; Analog, September 1991Two stories from Cordwainer Smith's collection "We the Underpeople" (ed Hank Davis) at Webscription: "The Dead Lady of Clown ...

Free fiction: 3 stories from Isaac Asimov'c collection "Gold: The Final Science Fiction Collection"
Variety SF — Read online at HarperCollins (no download): "Cal" "Left to Right" "Frustration"Title story, "Gold", has been online elsewhere awhile. [via Free SF Reader] ...

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