false 46654 20 A THOUSAND-YEAR EPIC, A GALACTIC STRUGGLE, A MONUMENTAL WORK IN THE ANNALS OF SCIENCE FICTION FOUNDATION begins a new chapter in the story of man's future. As the Old Empire crumbles into barbarism throughout the million worlds of the galaxy, Hari Seldon and his band of psychologists must create a new entity, the Foundation-dedicated to art, science, and technology-as the beginning of a new empire. FOUNDATION AND EMPIRE describes the mighty struggle for power amid the chaos of the stars in which man stands at the threshold of a new enlightened life which could easily be destroyed by the old forces of barbarism. SECOND FOUNDATION follows the Seldon Plan after the First Empire's defeat and describes its greatest threat-a dangerous mutant strain gone wild, which produces a mind capable of bending men's wills, directing their thoughts, reshaping their desires, and destroying the universe. 41350 1953 The Foundation Trilogy total:2662|5:1270|4:888|3:426|2:63|1:15| 2662 11321 3262 156 3 3 false false Thu Jul 24 10:51:19 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 04 00:27:27 -0700 2008 Lord of the Rings trilogy. Indeed, for a modern reader, it's s...more...]]> 2 2 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 06 11:16:05 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 17 15:56:22 -0800 2008
This novel was not for me. It's obviously a highly revered, acclaimed novel in the science fiction genre - some say the BEST in the genre - and maybe it was too lofty a goal for my fi...more...]]> 2 2 false false Thu Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 1999 Tue Jun 05 09:57:13 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 05 10:23:59 -0700 2007 Founda...more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Apr 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 02:10:23 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 03:04:47 -0700 2009 Foundation (1951): Gigantic brain-warping grand science-fiction, this is as big as it gets, so big it's difficult to fully comprehend. From the first page of Chapter 1, "The Psychohistorians", which begins with a quote from the "Encyclopedia Galactica", beginning in the 11,998th ...more...]]> 5 2 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1970 Sat Jun 16 20:05:03 -0700 2007 Sun Apr 06 23:52:22 -0700 2008
by today's standards these books might seem weak for science fiction, but they are the Foundation upon which all of today's sf authors fed as youths. asimov was a great...more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 1983 Sat Oct 20 16:09:55 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 21 16:02:02 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Wed Aug 29 09:47:02 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 29 09:53:19 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 1982 Tue May 29 13:47:30 -0700 2007 Tue May 29 13:54:15 -0700 2007 There are elements of this book which deal with behavioral science as regards group dynamics, and though the premise of being able to predict the future through this stati...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jun 11 08:05:22 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 08:10:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Jun 22 17:20:30 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 22 17:23:34 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 14 11:28:19 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 24 21:51:48 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1 1 false false Sun Jul 15 00:36:26 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 28 10:46:30 -0700 2007 How hardly I dislike Isaac Asimov? Four stars on a scale of five. And five stars minus four stars is my rating of this heavy heavy heavy Trilogy.

Let's call it prejudice, but my own idea of "science fiction" is less solemn and more joyous than Asimov's one.
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