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Summary: Fantastic !!! Start a petition for a Movie Version !!!
Review: More like 4.975 Stars. If we had more books like this, who would watch TV. This book should be required reading in College Literature classes. I would love to see a well produced movie(s) for the Foundation Series - But nothing could ever be as entertaining as Asimov's fluid writing.
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Summary: Enchanting and powerfully imaginative. A wonderful delight!
Review: At first do not be dismayed by the beginning. It explodes into a fantastic, imaginative book. It is one of the best I have ever read. It got me addicted to his novels. I loved it!
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Summary: The best Science-fiction book
Review: I've read it 4 times, and each one is still amazing and i discover lots of new things. Read it, and continue with the rest of the trilogy.
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Summary: this is the best book ever written by the had of mankind
Review: that just says it all. i real this book when i was about 10, and it opened up a whole new world for me. buy it. read it. for those of you who thought it was boring, you are simple-minded fools.
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Summary: The Order
Review: Some people have said that they read the prelude and went on to foundation. You will probably be mixed up because you skipped a book!!! AFTER READING PRELUDE TO FOUNDATION READ FORWARD THE FOUNDATION and then jump on to the classic book that started it all.
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Summary: Don't Bother
Review: Prelude to Foundation is excellent. However, you should stop there. Foundation is bad. This book is totally predictable. Read DUNE if you want something intelligent and entertaining. Read FOUNDATION if you want something that you probably won't even finish.
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Summary: the book i would`ve love to write
Review: The day this book (and its sequels) fell on my hands, i felt my eyes opened up. I could`t believe someone on this planet would ever write such an amazing, inteligent a so enjoyable story. You MUST read it, otherwise, you would be missing half of the galaxy. Trust me. Enjoy it.
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Summary: An early classic, and classic still
Review: "Foundation" is a must. Even if your taste is for other styles, Asimov's "future history" has rightly become part of the science fiction canon of great books. The first episode in "Foundation" appeared about 50 years ago as a stand-alone story in Astounding Science Fiction under the title "Bridle and Saddle." At the time, Asimov had no idea where it would eventually lead. Hari Seldon, Salvor Hardin, and the Galactic Empire emerged in that single story to shape all the "Foundation" novels that were to follow. It's all the more remarkable, then, to read that story today with the realization that none of the sequels or "prequels" had yet been thought of. The original "Foundation" trilogy is written in a style that may seem quaint or even prim in comparison to the baroque convolutions found in some novels of the '90s. And, at the time, one reviewer had trouble with the episodicity: "The bare bones show." On the other hand, many readers find those early Asimov stories to be quite refreshing. If I had to choose, I would rate "Foundation" as the best of the entire series. Outside the "Foundation" series, I think "Caves of Steel" is his very best, closely followed by "Pebble in the Sky," although, as Asimov himself said, the latter was written at a time when almost nothing was known about the hazards of nuclear radiation. Some critics have questioned the logic in Hari Seldon's "psychohistory." Deterministic as it is, how can Asimov's clever heroes count for much in the grand scheme of things? Perhaps, in some as yet unwritten novel, "psychohistory" will be revealed to be a kind of secular religion where the mathematical trappings are a façade behind which a happy few labor heroically to save the galaxy.
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Summary: One of the best there is
Review: Although Asimov's Foundation Trilogy is over 40 years old, his overall writing is still top notch. There's just something about it that draws you in, and then you can't put the book down. Unfortunately, many people get unhappy when they read this first book alone. Because it was written originally as a magazine serial, it sometimes has a choppy format. But as a whole, its superb. Only after reading all three one can appreciate the magnitude of Asimov's work. There is simply not a sci-fi trilogy anywhere that can compete.
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Summary: Best science fiction novel ever written
Review: From Selvor Hardin taking power from the encyclopedists to Hober Mallow conquering Korell by doing absolutely nothing, I found this to be the best sci-fi novel ever. Ender's Game and Dune don't hold a candle to it. Each story is a 10 on it's own. The way the foundation grabs victory from apparent defeat is amazing. Even though Isaac Asimov (my favorite sci-fi author) has nuclear power be able to do anything, it doesn't take away from the story. It's the best book of the foundation series for sure. If you read sci-fi, you've got to read this.
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