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Has anyone else tied the revelations in 'Foundation's Edge' to Asimov's short story 'The Last Question'? If so, please let me know your thougts.

Pufnasta Zecija Sapica

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The scene Golan mind-commands the new ship to show Janov the Milky Way really stuck with me. If the night sky view of the Earth only has a faint trace of the Milky Way, the Terminusian(?) night sky must be even fainter as it's located at the periphery of the galaxy. But what would the Trantorian night sky show? Higher density of the stars must mean brighter view, but the supermassive black hole means darkness?

GS Trantor is not that close to the galaxy core - it is in the spiral arms.

This is mentioned in the book itself - there is an exchange between Pelorat a…moreTrantor is not that close to the galaxy core - it is in the spiral arms.

This is mentioned in the book itself - there is an exchange between Pelorat and Trevize in Chapter 4. Trevize points out the Trantorian sun in the galaxy simulation and Pelorat asks, "Are you sure? They always speak of Trantor as being located in the center of the Galaxy."

Trevize replies: "It is as close to the center as a planet can get and still be habitable. The actual center of the galaxy is a blackhole with the mass of nearly a million stars, so the center is a violent place. As far as we know, there is no life in the actual center and there just can't be any life there. Trantor is in the innermost subring of the spiral arms, and if you could see its night sky, you would think it was in the center of the Galaxy. It is surrounded by an extremely rich clustering of stars."

So, in short, the answer to your question is, very bright night sky at Trantor with a high star density, no effects of the supermassive blackhole seen.(less)

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Q. Only for those who have read at least half the book. Read that part multiple times. But still not able to understand as to how an inability of the computer to visualise Anacreon has anything to do with the presence of hyper relay on board the far star?

Mario Montoya

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Is this by Asimov? I was told he only wrote the first three and then some other guy wrote more. I only want the Asimov ones.

Χρήστος Αζαριάδης Yes. It was written by Asimov. It was the next trilogy that was written by other guys.

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