false 29581 41 Although small and seemingly helpless, the Foundation had managed to survive against the greed of its neighboring warlords. But could it stand against the mighty power of the Empire, who had created a mutant man with the strength of a dozen battlefleets...?<br><br><br><i>From the Paperback edition.</i> 1703483 book 1920 Foundation and Empire total:6592|5:2002|4:2848|3:1530|2:188|1:24| 6592 26392 7908 155 4 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Jun 20 11:49:24 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 11:52:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jan 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 02:27:55 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 00:05:21 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Aug 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 14:29:38 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 06:52:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Oct 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 09:02:44 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 02 03:49:54 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 08 07:13:10 -0700 2009 Thu May 28 12:25:41 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 07:13:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Apr 03 09:05:17 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 09:13:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 23 22:35:16 -0700 2008 Tue Dec 02 17:07:41 -0800 2008
So my review may contain spoilers . . . warning . . . As I said in the review of Foundation (1), I was a *little* bored by the formulaic style of the episodes. In this book we start getting into the really good stuff.

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Foundation wasn't a quick read for me. Nor was this second installment, with its deep layered ideas. Also, these books are set so far in the future, and so far out in space, that they don’t...more...]]> 3 0 false true Wed Jul 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 12:46:33 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 00:27:51 -0700 2009 Foundation. Many of the same trends that made the mighty forces of Terminius prevail against any form of rational and legitimate invasion with their superior intellect to create the religious and economic tools the ever-growing group of mor...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Apr 07 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Wed Aug 20 07:26:40 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 07:27:05 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu May 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 23 07:37:40 -0700 2008 Thu May 22 13:15:56 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 0 true false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Oct 25 13:01:37 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 25 13:01:37 -0700 2007 Foundation and Empire. I was more forgiving of Foundation when I read it because I was consciously trying to give the series a chance. Slogging through F&E all I could think was, “If nothing an individual does impacts the outcome then why should I care?” Heck, I even basically agree with...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 05 06:51:52 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 08 15:51:24 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 11 17:11:49 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 18 19:41:07 -0700 2007
The whole premise of psychohistory and th...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun May 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 17:21:15 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 17:22:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 10:23:06 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 14:24:53 -0800 2009 1
Asimov spent more time with character development this time around, and the book took place in 2 parts inst...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 17 07:54:57 -0700 2007 Tue Dec 11 06:36:32 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1985 Wed Jul 15 01:38:09 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 05:08:09 -0700 2009
I personally find (nearly) all the Foundation books to be wonderful. This second in the series is (in my humble opinion)...more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Feb 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 09:22:30 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 07:11:04 -0800 2009 more...]]>