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Summary: psychohistory,robots and all the rest ...
Review: its a great wonderfull book! this book and the others from the foundation series together build the great epus of psychohistory.
in the book is the final part of seledon's and how he and all the humans around his life build in parts the great psichohistory! the statistic science of the mathematic way to see and create the future!
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Summary: After the robots before the Foundation
Review: Prelude to Foundation, this book and Foundation and Earth are connecting the robot series (The Caves of Steel, The Naked Sun, The Robots of Dawn, Robots and Empire) with the Foundation Trilogy (Foundation, Foundation and Empire, Second Foundation). Still I would recommend first to read the robot novells and the Foundation Trilogy.
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Summary: Great book a sort of biography of Hari Seldon.
Review: Someone said of "Holy Fire" "It is not his best, but it is his most human" I think that works here. The second most human would be "End of Eternity", but the characterization is probably better here.(Although I do prefer "End of Eternity") In fact I think this is one of the most touching Asimov books. Would human nature be the same in 20,000 yrs? Well perhaps not, but humans were humans 20,000 yrs. ago & you can't say for sure they won't still be humans 20,000 yrs. from now. One thing that is interesting is that it seemed to have an "end of the road" feel. Okay maybe hearing this was his last novel gave me that idea, but I think it's there anyway. One thing that depresses me about this book ,now that I think of it, is Seldon puts all this effort into psychohistory & they just scrap the whole thing for Galaxia. Oh well I guess it couldn't have happened without Foundation. One last thing this is sadder than normal for Asimov, but it is still downright cheery compared to much of the science fiction produced nowadays. I am not saying sad stuff is bad, I am just calling it as I sees it.
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Summary: This book alone will not do...
Review: Take it from someone who has read *all* (500 something on the last count) the books Asimov's come out with: get all the "Foundation" works you can lay your hands on (or afford) at the same time. It will save you repeated trips to the book-store, or, if you order on-line, the pain of waiting for the additional books to be delivered.
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Summary: Excellent book
Review: The foundation series is one of Science Fiction's best works. This was the last book Issac Asimov wrote in thise series, and in my opinion very best of these books. It tells part of the life of Hari Seldon, the father of phycohistory. I would recommend reading the other foundation novels first, to really appriciate this book.
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Summary: Better of the two prequels
Review: This 3.5 star book picks up eight years after Prelude to Foundation, and explains the origins of the two Foundations against the backdrop of the collapsing Empire.
Hari Seldon, his family, friends and colleagues labor to operationalize psychohistory into a useful form, while garnering enough resources to launch the Foundation at Terminus and identifying the key skills necessary for the Second Foundation at Star's End.
Even though this explains how Seldon comes up with the Plan and sets up the Foundations, there are (deliberately) no spoilers to ruin the story of how the Plan unfolds in the central Foundation trilogy. As such, it is the natural complement to that series.
The plot is relatively static -- at least compared to the first prequel, Prelude to Foundation -- focusing on the development of the science of psychohistory. As such, it plays to Asimov's strengths which lie in the science not the fiction.
So while not essential, it is an enjoyable introduction to the trilogy, and a better place to start than Prelude. If necessary, read this and then the last 30 pages of Prelude to fill in a few minor puzzles.
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Summary: A moving finale to the Foundation series
Review: This book is certainly not the best of Asimov's illustrious career, but its story neatly and elegantly concludes his hallmark Foundation series. In the previous books, (almost all of which take place after this one) Hari Seldon is portrayed as a legend and hero, but Forward the Foundation makes him human, as he takes in all the events around him in an attempt to save the galaxy from thousands of years of barbarism.The entries from the "Encyclopedia Galactica" add a very sobering touch, as they tell the readers that Seldon's dreams were fulfilled (though not in the way he expected), and the galaxy was saved. In the same way, we can expect that Isaac Asimov's brilliance will be remembered forever, even as the Spacers take to the stars, and Earth's inhabitants return to the womb of their world
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Summary: So good! So sad!
Review: This book is great! It tells the story through partial biographies of Eto Demerzel, Emperor Cleon, Dors Venabili, and Wanda Seldon. The problem with telling the story this way is because of the way every biography has to end. Who would want to see the end of all the characters you've learned to know and love? That's why it's so sad. It's a must-read for the foundation series, but, since it clears out old characters from the prelude to bring in new ones for Foundation, it's very sad.
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Summary: Asimov is excellent, as usual
Review: This book is, with out a doubt, one of the best books I have ever read. Asimov topped off his Foundation series with a true winner. Well written, entharlling, and FUN, this book showcases his talent and gives a good, final look at the life of Hari Seldon, the protagonist of "Prelude to Foundation" and a good look at the future history of the Empire's fall
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Summary: Entertaining
Review: This book links between "Prelude to Foundation" and "Foundation". It continues personal stories of Hari Seldon that started in the previous novel. I believe Isaac Asimov's writing style has gone through some changes, from rigid and lofty writing that you may spot in books about 30-50 years ago to the sentences we are familiar with these days, in the 90s. This book is one of the latest of Asimov's and can be read with ease. Not only his writing style, but the content of his writing, I think, has changed a bit, too. More entertaining, in my view. Not being a reader of a great appetite, I found this book more entertaining than any other in Asimov's foundation series.
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