[vladimir998]

I’m about to commit Sci-Fi heresy:

Years ago I read the Foundation series and thought it was not so great.

[EveningStar]

I have the book but I’ve never read it.

[Sherman Logan]

Read it when I was about 10 and thought it was great.

Tried to read it again 20 years later and was unable to get more than 100 pages in.

From what little I remember of it, I suspect it will not be very well suited to cinema.

[packrat35]

I thought the Foundation series was not very good either.

[aomagrat]

I read the Foundation trilogy for an assignment in college back in the '70's. It wasn't great, but it wasn't awful. Never had the urge to read it again.

[Empireoftheatom48]

I am just finishing reading the entire 7 book epic! I loved it then I love it now always wanted to see it on the screen.

[fr_freak]

The Foundation series got better as it went along, if I recall correctly. The initial book or two almost seemed like short story ideas. The culmination, when Asimov intertwined the Robots and Foundation series, I thought was pretty good.

[Ransomed]

The robot mysteries are better. One thing you have to say about Asimov is that he wrote A LOT. All sorts of things from science text books to non sci-fi mysteries. Probably one of the more prolific popular writers. The prose style doesn’t sparkle but is adequate most of the time, some really good ideas.

Here’s a 1982 interview with Asimov, maniac Harlan Ellison, and the great Gene Wolfe.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZvcKB9vQO0

FReegards

[Ditto]

Years ago I read the Foundation series and thought it was not so great.

I read it years ago as well, and recall that I enjoyed it. Can't recall the details of the story now, but it kept my interest way back then.

But then again, it was just SiFi.

[minnesota_bound]

#4 True and I have read many of the books and articles Asimov wrote as he could write about just anything and make it entertaining except for the Foundation books which I skipped thru as they were boring.

Now make a movie out of Ringworld by Larry Nivens from 1970!
When Worlds Collide and the sequel After Worlds Collide by Philip Wylie and Edwin Balmer from 1933 & 1934.

Foundation would be like watching the newer Star Wars movies when they are debating in the senate......

[octex]

Years ago I read the Foundation series and thought it was not so great.
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I have the three F Trilogy books. Read them in order years ago. Very, very difficult reading!! I would just have to set a book aside for a week or so to let my mind return to normal. .....I don’t understand how the books can be turned into a TV series that would be easily understood and not very convoluted.

[dearolddad]

Years ago I read the Foundation series and thought it was not so great.

I agree with you.