Posted on 05/31/2015 1:37:18 PM PDT by OK Sun
Never read the Foundation series, might have to search it out.
The best foundation for an alien is a thick layer of grease following by appropriate skin color.
I read it in the late 80s - early 90s. I thought it was overrated.
I think I need to read this trilogy.
It’s a Leftist view of the future: the Second Foundation is an elite group of psychologists who quietly rule the galaxy via manipulation.
I wish I could write.
I’ve got the ideas and imagination but putting it all into coherent form is a who different matter.
The Dune trilogy is far better.
I don't consider him much of a stylist, but he's easy reading.
Agreed!
Ever read The Road to Dune? It contains the original version of the book Dune. Much different than the final product. Quite enjoyable though.
Two of the aspects regarding this future timeline which always intrigued me was the absence of computers and the universal ban on atomic weapons. The computer thing was no accident, Azimov intentionally excluded them.
I saw Azimov speak once at a University in Boston. He was amicable and humble I felt. Somewhat liberal I sensed but he absolutely believed in a future which involved space exploration and colonization.
Easy to read stuff. The Dune series had similar aspects but was prone to certain elements in the later books which I found to be incomprehensible.
I would never consider reading the sequels published after Frank Herbert died.
Q: What is best in Science Fiction?
A: To crush your enemies -- See them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women!
In it’s most basic form, the Foundation Trilogy is the retelling of the fall of the Roman Empire and the rise of the West. I thought the first half of the Trilogy was good until the Mule came along. I also read the fourth installment (which came along in the 1980s), but didn’t care for it much (or the subsequent books). He wrote an earlier Foundation related story (”The Pebble in the Sky”) even before he wrote the Trilogy. Thought that one was mildly interesting, but unpolished compared to the other books.
Exactly the reason I hate the Foundation series. It has a very disturbing mindset basically saying “We know what is going to happen into the thousand years of future”. The next step from this is “While it is sad we will kill these millions for our system/revolution it is for the greater good as we know the trillions in the future will absolve us”.
I think this is the mentality that both Hitler and Stalin used to justify what they did.
No, never heard of it. I’ll have to check that out. Thanks!
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