Gold
The Final Science Fiction Collection
by Isaac Asimov
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With a new introduction by New York Times-bestselling author Orson Scott CardHe invented science fiction. And in this final and crowning achievement of a career spanning 50 years, Isaac Asimov shares short stories ranging from the humorous to the profound, ruminations on the science fiction genre itself, and thoughts on the craft and writing of science fiction.Gold is the final and crowning achievement of the fifty-year career of science fiction's transcendent genius, the world-famous author who defined the field of science fiction for its practitioners, its millions of readers, and the world
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on “Ask HN: Great nontech book that you read recently?” ↗…personally rank it up with Asimov or Heinlein at their best. If you're the kind of person, upon discovering a 'wizarding world' would: - Look into establishing arbitrage between the wizards' fixed ratio of Gold/Silver currency and the muggles' variable ratio -Try to discover the underlying laws and mechanics of magic -Use a time machine to prove/disprove P == NP Read this Book!
on “Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality, by Eliezer Yudkowsky” ↗I am reading a short story collection of Asimov compiled in a book called Gold. The second half of the book contains extensive commentary by Asimov on how to write science fiction. He delves into a lot of topics like writing style, grammer, ideas and many other things. There is…
on “Isaac Asimov Mulls “How Do People Get New Ideas?” (1959)” ↗…technology will be good/flexible enough to use in filmmaking, where it seems like it could replace a chunk of work currently done by makeup/VFX, and give real-time results. There’s an old Asimov short story, Gold, which describes a future of filmmaking that seems more similar to this than the way movies are currently made: everything is animated/CGI, but in real-time—the animators are performers as well who deliver…
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