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Foundation (Foundation, #1)

Isaac Asimov

Start date: December 1, 2020

Finish date: December 31, 2020

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Dec 29, 2020 Matthew rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2020, completist-book-club, sci-fi, series, classic, library

I have read several Asimov titles over the years and while I have enjoyed some of them, his writing generally does not click for me. I am not sure what it is exactly because the subject matter is usually something that sounds interesting, but the way it is delivered I tend to zone out/start to lose interest. I feel kind of bad about this as he is a legend, but, it is what it is.

Foundation is a very creative idea that started out with a few intertwined short stories and eventually expanded to sev ...more

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Sep 21, 2016 Michael Finocchiaro rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: classics, fiction, series, sci-fi, american-20th-c, favorites, novels

This was one of the first sci-fi books I ever read and it has stuck with me over the years. For those who watched the AppleTV show, there is a significant departure from the book in the TV show, but they were respectful changes. First off, in the original, there were ZERO female characters which the TV show sought to correct. Second, we see nothing of the Emperor in the books but the TV show gives us a fascinating idea about cloning and some good psychology (and a big cliffhanger at the end of t ...more

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