Foundation by Isaac Asimov

Foundation (Foundation, #1)

by Isaac Asimov

WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST ALL-TIME SERIES

The Foundation series is Isaac Asimov's iconic masterpiece. Unfolding against the backdrop of a crumbling Galactic Empire, the story of Hari Seldon's two Foundations is a lasting testament to an extraordinary imagination, one whose unprecedented scale shaped science fiction as we know it today.

The Galactic Empire has prospered for twelve thousand years. Nobody suspects that the heart of the thriving Empire is rotten, until psychohistorian Hari Seldon uses his new science to foresee its terrible fate.

Exiled to the desolate planet Terminus, Seldon establishes a colony of the greatest minds in the Empire, a Foundation which holds the key to changing the fate of the galaxy.

However, the death throes of the Empire breed hostile new enemies, and the young Foundation's fate will be threatened first.

Reviewed by Michael @ Knowledge Lost on

3 of 5 stars

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Seems like every Science Fiction novel I read that was written in the 1960’s or 1970’s they seem to substitute story for social and philosophical issues. Foundation is no different, while this book has a very interesting take on a shifting society; I found the story and the characters very flat. While I didn’t like this aspect of the book there fast paced; rise of the foundation was really great. Don’t read this for the story; read this book for an interesting social aspects and the effects change has on mankind.

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