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Foundation

By Isaac Asimov

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| Paperback | 9780345308993

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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 tunnelContinue

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Another book that gets re-read

This is to me the quintessential S-F trilogy. Inspired partly by The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, there is just so much more to this than a crumbling empire. It's epic in scope and touches on so many interesting things it's worth re-reading regularly. Just avoid any but the first three book ... (continue)

This is to me the quintessential S-F trilogy. Inspired partly by The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, there is just so much more to this than a crumbling empire. It's epic in scope and touches on so many interesting things it's worth re-reading regularly. Just avoid any but the first three books - Asimov apparently felt the need to retrofit computers and robots into this universe in later books, which feels very clumsy.

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Having finished all I had on vacation, I started again on the trail of Sergio. I think he's a bit disappointed after all these years, I still love them.

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