title: Gold: The Final Science Fiction Collection
author:  Isaac Asimov 
description: To list Isaac Asimov's honors, as to list his books, would be excessive. Let it simply be noted that Isaac Asimov was the most famous, most honored, most widely read, and most beloved science fiction author of all time. In his five decades as an author, he wrote more than four hundred books, won every award his readers and colleagues could contrive to give him, and provided pleasure and insight to millions. He died in 1992, still at work.
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  ## Acknowledgment is Made for Permission to Reprint the Following Materials:
  
  
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  “Off on a Starship,” by William Barton. Copyright © 2003 by Dell Magazines.
  First published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, September 2003. Reprinted by
  permission of the author.
  
  
  “It’s All True,” by John Kessel. Copyright © 2003 by
  [SCIFI.COM](http://SCIFI.COM). First published electronically on SCI FICTION,
  November 5, 2003. Reprinted by permission of the author.
  
  
  “Rogue Farm,” by Charles Stross. Copyright © 2003 by Charles Stross. First
  published in Live Without a Net (Roc), edited by Lou Anders. Reprinted by
  permission of the author.
  
  
  “The Ice,” by Steven Popkes. Copyright © 2003 by Dell Magazines. First
  published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, January 2003. Reprinted by permission
  of the author.
  
  
  “Ej-es,” by Nancy Kress. Copyright © 2003 by Nancy Kress. First published in
  Stars: Original Stories Based on the Songs o