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If you're daunted by long series - just pick up the first book (the self-titled Foundation), it absolutely stands on its own and is the best of the series. It's also the least sexist of the original trilogy - sexist by omission, but much less jarring that some of what you'll see in the famous sci fi from pre 1970.
For twelve thousand years the Galactic Empire has ruled supreme. Now it is dying. But only Hari Seldon, creator of the revolutionary science of psychohistory, can see into the future--to a dark age of ignorance, barbarism, and warfare that will last thirty thousand years.
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‘Foundation’ is a novel that features five different stories across five different eras. Though each section got created separately, the fluid transition from one part to the next created a time transitioning effect where the reader experienced time flow as the story progressed. The first part of the novel talked about the origin of psychohistory, ...
‘Foundation’ features many charactersthroughout its five stories. With each section having its protagonists and antagonists, the novel created a timeline where the characters’ actions affected one another later on in history. The characters in each story featured in the book had a different view of the world. Hari Seldon saw the world and defined i...
The dialogues used in ‘Foundation’ expressed the mindset of the characters featured in the novel. Isaac Asimov’s use of unique words and a politically inclined atmosphere made most conversations tilted towards the effect of religion, science, and politics on people and empires. Throughout the novel,Isaac Asimov maintained that blind faith leads to ...
Though the writing style employed in ‘Foundation’ was simplistic, Isaac Asimov incredibly passed the story using fluid dialogues and storytelling. The use of the third person perspective gave the novel a structured layout, making the story easy to follow. The use of unique vocabulary made‘Foundation’ become a story that set the standard for world-b...
The Foundation series is a science fiction book series written by American author Isaac Asimov. First published as a series of short stories and novellas in 1942–50, and subsequently in three books in 1951–53, for nearly thirty years the series was widely known as The Foundation Trilogy : Foundation (1951), Foundation and Empire (1952), and ...
May 2, 2021 · There are his ‘Galactic Empire’ novels including classics like ‘The Martian Way’, his non-sci-fi detective stories of ‘The Black Widowers’ and – arguably his rival to the Robot stories in terms of fame and adulation – the Foundation books.
Dec 6, 2023 · Explore Asimov's visionary 'Foundation'—a review that delves into its psychohistory, galactic empires, and timeless science fiction brilliance.
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‘Foundation’ is a story that shows the struggle to save humanity from a dark age. Each part of the novel showed a part of the bigger picture portrayed by Isaac Asimov when he was writing the story. Introduction. Summary. Themes and Analysis. Characters. Quotes. Vocabulary. Historical Context. Review. Isaac Asimov. Article written by Joshua Ehiosun.
