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That´s at least as good as the original, especially because it explains everything, has some big, we are so small, moments, and adds an extra layer of depth to the Foundation myth, ending it so smoothly that I will just pretend that there were no other, far weaker parts. Never! Change in style throug Leggi tutto

English ( Foundation's Edge )/ Italiano «The First Galactic Empire was falling. It had been decaying and breaking down for centuries and only one man fully realized that fact. He was Han Seldon, the last great scientist of the First Empire, and it was he who perfected psychohistory-the science of human Leggi tutto

Robot/Empire/Foundation. Book #13 : Chronologically the sixth book in the Foundation series, published 31 years after the first Foundation book! The Foundation's concern that the Second Foundation exists, and the Second Foundation's concern about the Foundation comes to a head, when both entities sta Leggi tutto

First published in 1982 almost 30 years after the last volume of the iconic original Foundation Trilogy, namely Second Foundation , I was skeptical that Asimov would be able to maintain his mojo post the Golden Age of Science Fiction when he was publishing his most iconic sci-fi stories and novels. O Leggi tutto

This review contains multiple spoilers for the whole "Foundation" series I am surprised to find so little criticism of what to me came across as a train-wreck of a book. Asimov tells us in the preface to the following volume that his publishers tried for thirty years to get him to continue with "Foun Leggi tutto

So this is the first time I'm reading the companion books to the original Foundation trilogy and while I'm glad to read something Asimov penned himself, it's still not as good as I had hoped. Certainly not as good as the original trilogy. It's been almost 500 years since the last book. Terminus is ru Leggi tutto

„Кога ли ще разберат, че самото съвършенство е най-сигурният признак за опасност?“ „Острието на Фондацията“ е отличен научнофантастичен роман! Чрез него големият Азимов е разгърнал още по-задълбочена и мащабна представа за огромната фондационна Вселена. Действието се пренася около 500 г. след времето Leggi tutto

I loved this book! You should definitely read the original trilogy before cracking this one open, as it builds directly off of them. Spoilers ahead! I really enjoyed discovering the birthplace of The Mule. And while I found pulling the robot books into universe a tad abrupt, I freaked out at the plot Leggi tutto