false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1242827535m/6482112.jpg 29580 41 So far the Foundation was safe. But there was a hidden Second Foundation to protect the first. The Mule has yet to find it, but he was getting closer all the time. The men of the Foundation sought it, too, to escape from Mule's mind control. Only Arkady, a 14 year-old girl seemed to have the answer, or did she...?<br><br><br><i>From the Paperback edition.</i> 64823 book 1953 Second Foundation total:6446|5:150|4:170|3:107|2:11|1:2| 6446 25860 7769 127 29580 0553803735 9780553803730 5599 103 4.01 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168033540m/29580.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29580.Second_Foundation 3 2 false Thu Apr 13 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Wed Aug 20 07:26:01 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 07:26:23 -0700 2008 more...]]> 29580 0553803735 9780553803730 5599 103 4.01 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168033540m/29580.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29580.Second_Foundation 2 1 false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Oct 25 13:03:05 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 25 13:03:05 -0700 2007 Foundation and Empire, I had a good time with Second Foundation. I’m pretty sure that this is because in Second Foundation individual actions were actually of importance. What a character did mattered; and therefore, I could care about it again. I felt conflicted...more...]]> 29580 0553803735 9780553803730 5599 103 4.01 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168033540m/29580.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29580.Second_Foundation 4 0 false Tue Aug 04 09:53:36 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 09:54:57 -0700 2009 Chief Recommendation: Commit to reading the trilogy (includes Foundation and Foundation and Empire).

Foundation wasn't a quick read for me. Nor was this third installment, with its deep layered ideas. Also, these books are set so far in the future, and so far out in space, that they donâ...more...]]> 29580 0553803735 9780553803730 5599 103 4.01 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168033540m/29580.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29580.Second_Foundation 3 0 false Thu Aug 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 16:03:51 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 20:25:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 29580 0553803735 9780553803730 5599 103 4.01 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168033540m/29580.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29580.Second_Foundation 5 0 false Wed Nov 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 08:48:01 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 15:38:56 -0800 2009 more...]]> 626781 0553293362 9780553293364 572 11 4.01 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1235676131m/626781.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/626781.Second_Foundation 4 0 false Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Oct 19 10:01:13 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 08 17:16:42 -0800 2009 1
Like several of the books, it contains two 'books' within it. The first deals with the continued threat of the Mule, who has conquered the First Foundation through his mutant powers of emotional mind control....more...]]> 29580 0553803735 9780553803730 5599 103 4.01 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168033540m/29580.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29580.Second_Foundation 4 0 false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 10:26:36 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 10:29:35 -0800 2009 1
In this book, the Second Foundation is introduced in the context of dealing with the perturbation the Mule caused to the execution of the Seldon Plan. While the First Foundation is science and technology, the Second is psychology and e...more...]]> 29580 0553803735 9780553803730 5599 103 4.01 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168033540m/29580.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29580.Second_Foundation 4 0 false Mon Apr 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 12:23:39 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 10:57:28 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 29580 0553803735 9780553803730 5599 103 4.01 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168033540m/29580.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29580.Second_Foundation 4 0 false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Apr 03 09:26:40 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 09:30:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 583216 0380292807 9780380292806 67 7 4.01 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176007670m/583216.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/583216.Second_Foundation 5 1 false Tue Mar 03 10:07:30 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 03 10:12:17 -0800 2009 more...]]> 29580 0553803735 9780553803730 5599 103 4.01 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168033540m/29580.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29580.Second_Foundation 4 0 false Thu Oct 23 22:35:40 -0700 2008 Tue Dec 02 17:23:18 -0800 2008
So after a titillating Book 2, I raced forward to this book and found an even deeper satisfaction.

It was in this book that Asimov starts exploring the questions about whether we are our own masters, and whether we care, and whether we would fight against the master i...more...]]> 29580 0553803735 9780553803730 5599 103 4.01 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168033540m/29580.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29580.Second_Foundation 4 0 true Wed Aug 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 11:38:18 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 19:28:28 -0700 2009
Second Foundation is however, a story that has much the same basic plot as the first Foundation 1, as it's about how the Second Foundation ...more...]]> 29580 0553803735 9780553803730 5599 103 4.01 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168033540m/29580.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29580.Second_Foundation 4 0 true Mon Nov 12 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Sep 06 02:29:21 -0700 2008 Fri Nov 20 12:14:27 -0800 2009 more...]]> 29580 0553803735 9780553803730 5599 103 4.01 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168033540m/29580.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29580.Second_Foundation 3 0 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 05 06:52:12 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 17 15:50:25 -0700 2007 more...]]> 29580 0553803735 9780553803730 5599 103 4.01 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168033540m/29580.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29580.Second_Foundation 4 0 false Fri Jul 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 09:47:53 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 10:10:12 -0700 2009
For the record, I correctly predicted the location ...more...]]> 651640 0586017135 9780586017135 51 2 4.01 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176760338m/651640.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/651640.Second_Foundation 4 0 false Mon Jun 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 28 12:26:11 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 12:04:50 -0700 2009
The Mule is still searching for the Second Foundation and it is this elusive creation of Seldon's that stands at the centre of this closing chapter in the trilogy. Can the Seldon P...more...]]> 626781 0553293362 9780553293364 572 11 4.01 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1235676131m/626781.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/626781.Second_Foundation 3 0 false Sat Dec 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 04 09:16:24 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 09:16:24 -0800 2009 more...]]> 29580 0553803735 9780553803730 5599 103 4.01 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168033540m/29580.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29580.Second_Foundation 4 0 false Sun Nov 15 09:22:22 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 19:15:12 -0800 2009 Big space opera where most of the action occurs off screen, and the heroes win by being smarter than the bad guys.
Neat idea with Asimov attemptin...more...]]> 29580 0553803735 9780553803730 5599 103 4.01 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168033540m/29580.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29580.Second_Foundation 4 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1979 Sun Oct 11 18:58:11 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 18:59:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 29580 0553803735 9780553803730 5599 103 4.01 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168033540m/29580.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29580.Second_Foundation 3 0 false Sat Apr 04 12:37:59 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 12:40:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6482112