Foundation - Isaac Asimov Reviews

Its not really necessary for me to write how this is one of the most seminal and influential works of Science Fiction of the twentieth century, so I'll skip to what's important about this, the first volume of this staggeringly immense achievement. Judged in the context of the entire series, Foundation is something of a scene setter. ...  Read the complete review

~~~~~A bit of background~~~~~ This book is undoubtedly one of the masterworks of science fiction, but before I can even begin to explain why to you, first I feel I should give a brief introduction to the author in order to offer some insight. Isaac Asimov is possibly passing familiar to many, either through his literary works, or ...  Read the complete review

Foundation is a landmark in science fiction history by one of the all-time giants of the genre, Isaac Asimov. Though this novel in itself is perhaps not an all-time great, the series the it is the beginning of most certainly is. Overview -------------- The Galactic Empire is falling, but no-one can see it apart from ...  Read the complete review

A friend of mine can read at incredible speeds. It's amazing - he pointed out to me just recently that he had read three books during the week in which he had been on holiday, which I reckon is roughly as many as I read in the whole of 2004. I confess I'm not the fastest reader (not through lack of trying) - if I try to speed up even ...  Read the complete review

Asimov’s Foundation trilogy When I first read these books at the age of 13, I was absolutely glued to them for about two weeks. The stories are amazingly powerful in terms of their ideas. The writing is weak and the characters poorly described -however the ideas are so clever that I was completely hooked. It ...  Read the complete review

Science fiction doesn't get much of a look in on wampy's bookshelf, in fact Isaac Asimov's Foundation series is the set of sci-fi books there AND they have been there around 10 years and never touched...until last week. Y'see Christmas was fun, but there comes a time when you have enough of being sociable and just feel like ...  Read the complete review

No reader of Sci-Fi & Fantasy can't read it. All the fans know it. It's the saga of the Foundation, Isaac Asimov. How no appreciate this epic series of books where they are narrated the vicissitudes of an entire galaxy, where the innovative and originals ideas are in so much high number. For knowing the action of these two created Foundations ...  Read the complete review

The first time I discovered the Foundation trilogy was through the BBC radio dramatisation, but having enjoyed that I quickly immersed myself in Asmiov's books. I wasn't disappointed in the slightest! 'Foundation' does show it's age, both in style and in length (how many SF novels weigh in at under 400 pages these ...  Read the complete review

Foundation was the first volume written by Asimov on the transition between an ancient empire caught in the final stages of collapse and decay, and a new, bright future in the form of his Foundations. The story begins on Trantor, where a young mathematician named Gaal Dornick arrives to see the Psychohistorian Hari Seldon, and finds out ...  Read the complete review

Two Foundations were established at opposite ends of the known galaxy. The First Foundation, on the planet Terminus, laboured to produce the Encyclopedia Galactica - preserving all known scientific knowledge for future generations - while remaining in virtual seclusion. Their founder, Hari Seldon, was a brilliant mathematician and psychohistorian. ...  Read the complete review

The foundation series by Isaac Asimov is possibly the most famous series of books in the history of science fiction. This first book entitled Foundation is by far the best in the series and it introduces you to Hari Seldon, the man who later becomes the most famous man in the whole galaxy, and his quest to stop the galaxy from heading ...  Read the complete review

I first came across Isaac Asimov's novels not more than a month ago. I had recently found a passion for Classic Science Fiction novels and Asimov was one author who, despite his prolific output, I hadn't given a chance. I was somewhat wary at first as there are a lot of pulp novels out there that are pretty poor and it seemed to me, ...  Read the complete review

At this point, you may well wonder what the underlying principle behind the decision to review these books is. I mean, that was almost sixty years ago, for goodness' sake. Well, there are essentially three underlying principles; Anything newly bought. Anything already on the shelf that I feel sufficiently strongly about to sound ...  Read the complete review

This book made me love Isaac Asimov. Not only are the ideas he plays about with in Foundation extremely interesting, they are also often curiusly convincing - clearly the prodcut of much thought. This book is well crafted, with the character interactions believable, and the story very involving. It takes 20 pages or so, but then you're ...  Read the complete review

I was stuck at a station, with three minutes before my train arrived, and nothing to read. Under pressure I just bought the first thing that fell into my hand. Thus it was that I, a non Sci-fi reader, (apart from the humorous Terry Pratchett type stuff), found myself stuck on a four hour journey with nothing but a book by an author I'd never ...  Read the complete review

The stories center around the mathmatical mechanics that allow for the prediction of the future in a statistcal manner- individual lives remain unaffected, but humanity's future can be charted and directed. All this comes to pass as the great galatic empire slowly but surely fades into chaos. Only Hari Seldon, creator of this science of ...  Read the complete review

The first time I discovered the Foundation trilogy was through the BBC radio dramatisation, but having enjoyed that I quickly immersed myself in Asmiov's books. I wasn't disappointed in the slightest! 'Foundation' does show it's age, both in style and in length (how many SF novels weigh in at under 400 pages these days?), but ...  Read the complete review

This is the first book in Isaac Asimov's superb Foundation series. There are seven books in the series; four set chronologically after the events of this book, and two set before it. The first three books ('Foundation', 'Foundation and Empire' and 'Second Foundation') won a Hugo award in 1965 for "Best All-Time ...  Read the complete review

For those of you who haven't yet read this - do. For those of you who have, I'm no doubt preaching to the converted. This book begins to reveal the sweep of Asimov's vast empire in the sky and is like, in my opinion, many great science fiction novels in that the insights it can provide into our situation today aren ...  Read the complete review