Foundation and Earth (Foundation Series, Book 5)
by Isaac Asimov
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Read in March, 2008
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Chadrecommends it for: Anyone who likes great literature
Asimov is a freaking *master*. Though the course of this book seems tedious and winding, and though the "but I'm Bliss / but I'm Gaia" bantering gets really old, though the pacing of the search for Earth gets excruciatingly slow at times, the final chapter of this book is so remarkably insightful, masterful, and ingenius that it simply boggles my mind to know how he could ever have written the first books in the series without this one already in his head, or how so much time could ha...more
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Read in April, 2008
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Anyone that likes a good scifi read
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A lot of my criticisms of the Foundation series diminish with this book. It was a marked improvement in most regards, in large part because this book finally moves on from the enforced ignorance of the Foundation (regarding Psychohistory), and is about a quest for the truth about some of the mysterious things that have been going on, what forces have really been maneuvering everyone, how they did it, and why.
The only complaint I really had was the tedious and predictable repetition of the ...more
The only complaint I really had was the tedious and predictable repetition of the ...more
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God, why the fuck did I read these in high school? Because I was insane and couldn't stop myself. They really don't deserve the acclaim they've gotten. But back then I had to read every part of a series if I started it. Gah. I think this one had a little kid hermaphrodite as one of the characters and that totally wound up freaking me out. Also, as much as everyone touts Asimov the father of hard sf, he couldn't come up with interesting characters to save his fucking life. I must have read...more
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I was hoping Asimov would move the Foundation story forward with this one, but he ended up writing the longest novel of the series that spanned only a few months of the 1,000 year period. The story is about people searching for the legendary birthplace of humans and it was fun to see them try to unwrap the myths and actually find earth, but the story was ultimately unsatisfying and a bit boring.
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Read in January, 1995
This is the final book of the foundation series that is like a "pre-qual" II.
It was written the year before he passed away. This book is more of a "vignette" that fits between the previous book and the true first book in the series.
I liked it. It wasn't awesome but I enjoyed it and as the end of the full series, seemed worthy.
It was written the year before he passed away. This book is more of a "vignette" that fits between the previous book and the true first book in the series.
I liked it. It wasn't awesome but I enjoyed it and as the end of the full series, seemed worthy.
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Read in January, 1987
I picked this to represent the entire Robot, Empire, and Foundation universe, this and Robots and Empire being the two books that tied them all together. Asimov just had a whole lot of ideas going on, and he expresses them very well. It's easy to see lots of his work as out of date, but the ideas he brings up still make them good reads.
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Read in July, 2007
To tell u the truth expected a lot from this one. The conclusion to the saga does not live upto atleast my expectations. But as a consolation my favourite character is back. Although he has grown terribly old and makes only a brief appearance but i still love him.
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Much like Foundation's Edge, all I remember about this novel was that it was another solid piece of Foundation goodness and belongs in that group of novels he published in the 1980s that extended his two major series without an offensive drop in quality.
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I found this series best read in the order that they were written and not in cronological order. I had to do this because Asimov hadn't finished writing them when I was reading them. Make sure you read the Robot books first. It makes a difference.
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Read in January, 2007
This book almost seemed like a cop-out...the ending is an "explanation" of everything that's happened in the previous Foundation books, and they don't NEED an explanation. Suddenly making everything so orchestrated was way too contrived for me.
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This book was totally out of print when i wanted to read it, and i couldn't find it. turned out, my friend's mother found it for me in a used book store. isn't that super. i was so excited, i had to know what happened when they found earth.
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After an otherwise very interesting, reasonable and rational series of books, Asimov decided to chuck it all away with a "cooperation makes us stronger" message. Utter trite, I'm bored with this series, type of writing.
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Read in January, 2007
If you only read one book from Asimov's classic Foundation series... pick this one.
Set far in the future, "earth" is legend, mythology... and these characters go on a quest to find the birthplace of humanity
Set far in the future, "earth" is legend, mythology... and these characters go on a quest to find the birthplace of humanity
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Read in January, 1980
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I found this book as a teenager by accident and it started my fascination in science fiction in general and with Asimov and psychohistory specifically.
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Long time since I read it, but these are classic science fiction books. I've read them several times so they must have been good...
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Read in March, 2008
Like Indiana Jones in space. Some of the crises seem a little contrived, but the mysteries just kept coming.
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I didn't like the end of the series very much...it didn't seem to fit with the entire theme...
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God I don't even remember what happens in this one. I think they find Earth, maybe?
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Read in January, 1986
A worthy add-on to the ultimate classic series of the old-school science fiction.
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