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Foundation Series - Isaac Asimov in general

Description: Author: Isaac Asimov / Genre: Sci-Fi / Fantasy

Newest Review: ... realises that although he can predict the future to try and change it directly would be a disaster. He decided that the best he can do is save the collective knowledge that humanity has gathered and wait over the coming centuries for a time when it can be re-introduced to the next stable political collective. With this in mind he sets up a colony of scientists 'The Foundation' on the ... more

... planet Terminus on the very edge of the known Empire. Their official task is to compile the Encyclopedia Galactica a vast database of all known human knowledge but the colony has also been created to keep an eye on events and act appropriately to save it's...more

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Foundation Series - Isaac Asimov in general: Psychohistory Rocks! (2086 words)
by - written on 02/12/03 (Very useful, 79 readings)
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Science fiction more than other types of fiction is punctuated by innovative ideas that give rise to entire sub-genres. One measure of a great Sci-Fi author is how many of these innovative ideas they can claim to have introduced to the genre. Asimov does well by these criteria. Early in his writing career when he still specialised in short stories written in sci-fi pulp fiction magazines he came up the 'I Robot' stories, which included the now famous Laws of Robotics (previously reviewed), which have changed the face of modern science fiction. One other such idea possibly with less overall impact but nonetheless elegant in its conception is Psychohistory. ... Read the complete review

Foundation, bricks and mortar... (1165 words)
by - written on 05/08/01 (Very useful, 82 readings)
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First there were a couple of short stories in a Sci-Fi magazine... Then came the Foundation Trilogy... Soon that name became inappropriate so now we have the "Foundation Saga". The Foundation Saga is made up of six titles. Foundation Foundation and Empire Second Foundation Foundations Edge Foundation and Earth Prelude to Foundation The first three are standard length (250-ish page) books; Asimov saw no need to elaborate beyond that, after all he was only expanding some short stories for the fan-market that was demanding them. Once these three had sold-out, and the fans were clamouring for more, Asimov realised what ... Read the complete review

Foundation Series - Isaac Asimov in general: wonderful entertainment (300 words)
by - written on 21/07/01 (Very useful, 101 readings)
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I started reading the Asimov Foundation series a few years ago. It was my first real dip into sci-fi books. Recomended to me by a friend the first book in the series is ironically one of the latest ones written. Prelude to foundation tells the story of what happened before the foundation series. This first book is one of the best I have read in a long time. Asimov weaves an incredibly deep story pulling you into the lives of his characters as they face their trials. This book is one long road of plot twists. With an incredible climax which is impossible to predict (unless you have read the other books.) The rest of the five or so books plot the course ... Read the complete review