The first novel in the Foundation trilogy, this sci-fi classic came highly recommended to me by Robyn. I gave it a try, and it didn't disappoint, but nor did it awe me either. The writing is enjoyable, well-balanced between being sophisticated and easy to read. The idea is interesting as the whole trilogy is based on the science of "... read more
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Foundation marks the first of a series of tales set so far in the future that Earth is all but forgotten by humans who live throughout the galaxy. Yet all is not well with the Galactic Empire. Its vast size is crippling to it. In particular, the administrative planet, honeycombed and tunneled with offices and 0
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Amazon.com Review Foundation marks the first of a series of tales set so far in the future that Earth is all but forgotten by humans who live throughout the galaxy. Yet all is not well with the Galactic Empire. Its vast size is crippling to it. In particular, the administrative planet, honeycombed and tunneled with offices and staff, is vulnerable to attack or breakdown. The only person willing to confront this imminent catastrophe is Hari Seldon, a psychohistorian and mathematician. Seldon can scientifically predict the future, and it doesn't look pretty: a new Dark Age is scheduled to send humanity into barbarism in 500 years. He concocts a scheme to save the knowledge of the race in an Encyclopedia Galactica. But this project will take generations to complete, and who will take up the torch after him? The first Foundation trilogy (Foundation, Foundation and Empire, Second Foundation) won a Hugo Award in 1965 for "Best All-Time Series." It's science fiction on the grand scale; one of the classics of the field. --Brooks Peck
"I just found; Founation, Second Foundation, and Foundation and Empire.
Not sure what the chronological order is but I'll start with the first one and see what the other's order is."
The first novel in the Foundation trilogy, this sci-fi classic came highly recommended to me by Robyn. I gave it a try, and it didn't disappoint, but nor did it awe me either. The writing is enjoyable, well-balanced between being sophisticated and easy to read. The idea is interesting as the whole trilogy is based on the science of "psychohistory," a science that makes it possible to map out the course of the future. The story begins when a brilliant psychistorian Hari Seldon predicts the doom of the Galactic Empire which then rules the Galaxy. To save the humanity (so to speak), Seldon manoeuvres the government into establishing a settlement called the Foundation for him and his followers on a planet at the edge of the Galaxy. Th” read more
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