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Shawn posted a review at 2009-11-29 21:58:27.
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James posted a review at 2009-11-28 01:15:13.
(Language: English)
Definitely your standard 1950's SciFi. No mysticism. No magic. Just a postualted science and people reacting to it. It didn't seem to flow as well as Foundation, but that could be because I read the whole thing while hopping through a series of airports.
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A reader posted a review at 2009-11-21 18:57:16.
(Language: English)
Foundation and Empire, the second novel of the Foundation trilogy, contains two novellas. First, the Foundation must stop the designs of Ben Riose, an ambitious general from what remains of the Empire. Next, a mutant by the name of the Mule makes his entrance into the trilogy, a sly villain who reminds me of Ben Linus from television's Lost. Science fiction often assimilates the form of religion; Asimov's Foundation novels are no exception, resembling a secularized Judaism. Many of Asimov's best protagonists have the character of democratic, blaspheming parvenus, placing confidence in individual calculation rather than the transitory traditions of an external culture. We even have a rationalist Moses-- Hari Seldon, founding father of the Foundation. Asimov's characters are always making grave decisions with a non-confrontational tone, as if direct conflict entails annihilation. But their most feared fate is conversion, not death.
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Martyne posted a review at 2009-11-15 22:38:41.
(Language: English)
Great novel, keep meaning to go back and read more of the series.
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Rick posted a review at 2009-10-25 21:38:41.
(Language: English)
Kinda makes me wonder about psychohistory.
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Garry posted a review at 2009-10-22 18:11:42.
(Language: English)
Quite possibly the best science fiction trilogy ever written.
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Colin posted a review at 2009-10-20 21:17:05.
(Language: English)
Asimov was the first genius of the future history genre, and the entire Foundation series (Robots included) is probably the most complete and epic example of it.
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ミ★gαυяαν ѕ; posted a review at 2009-10-18 09:21:23.
(Language: English)
awesome book,, a gr88 fiction.. full of suspense
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Armando de la Torre Mothelet posted a review at 2009-10-09 20:23:07.
(Language: Spanish)
Novela ubicada en plena decadencia de la humanidad en un futuro lejano
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Leandro Pugliesi posted a review at 2009-10-01 16:07:02.
(Language: Portuguese)
Um dos melhores livros de Space Opera que já li
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