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Summary: Not quite up to Foundation par but a solid book nonetheless
Review: Foundation and Earth chronicles the search for Earth by Golan Trevize and his two associates. It is a direct continuation of Foundation's Egde. Although it is a good read, I would not recommend this book until after you have read its predecessor. For those who have read the Foundation series, you may be vastly disappointed with one aspect of the book. It has almost nothing to do with either of the foundations. While the search for Earth does indirectly pertain to the foundations, they do not play anything close to a major role.
If you can deal with this "flaw", Foundation and Earth is an enjoyable book.
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Summary: Very painful end
Review: Foundation and Earth reiterates all the ideas cast in Foundations Edge and after a while one wonders why this book was written in the first place. We have the same three characters from Edge: Trevize, Bliss, and "Ple" as they tour the galazy trying to find out about Earth. Along the way we are subjected to endless tiring debates that have long since lost their freshness from Foundations Edge.
Asimov doesn't even have much of a plot as each planet they arrive at allows for even further ludicrous plot twists including 'Trev' seducing a high official in order to get what he wants. After about 150 pages of so this "where are we going with this" feeling really reaching its climax. Remember that sinking feeling you got after watching "The Matrix" and then having to endure the painfully overblown and tiring sequel. Sadly, one of the greatest sci-fi writers of our time gives us this feeling.
Asimov wrote this novel toward the end of his life and perhaps after this book he realized he needed to explore other book ideas rather than continue with this material.
The Foundation series was always about dialogue, but it always led to something. Each conversation was important in driving the plot forward. Unfortunately, in this case their was no plot to drive forward.
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Summary: I understand why this title is so hard to find.
Review: Foundation and Earth is a dissappointing conclusion to perhaps the best science fiction series of all time. This book starts where Foundation's Edge leaves off. However, it does not contain either the First or Second Foundation, but concentrates on a trip by Trevise. Unfortunately, the stops on the trip are uninspired - unless you find conflicts with feral dogs and moss as interested as the tales of Hardin or Mallow. In fact, it's a bore... The only think worth reading is the last two chapters... I'd recommend doing at a library or bookstore if you must, rather than wasting your time with this title. However, I would have rather stopped reading at Foundation's End, because Asimov more or less reveals that both Foundations are completely meaningless. I would have given it 1 star, but it does tie in the Robot Series... but even this is done in a less interesting way than I would have imagined. Very disappointing - I wouldn't be surprised if the editors keep this one out of print.
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Summary: Disappointing: Swamped in Ego
Review: I feel pretty sure that Asimov has a huge ego - that his protagonist is some sort of projection of his self image. Trevise is supposed to be a rigorous scientist of the highest intelligence, and in this novel his quest is to find out why he is always right.
Hubris city, but with no ironic undercutting. Worlds and characters are flagrantly constructed merely as 2D sets for the strutting Trevise. His two companions acknowledge his greatness and tread around him accordingly. Pel is a sort of Dr. Watson. Every female is absurdly stylised : vain (jealous of any other female), motherly, and devoted. Oh, and stacked. We're deep in James Bond/Star Trek 1 territory here. There are plenty of contradictions and places where supposedly intelligent characters do stupid things. This is obviously a book written on commission: he didn't have any idea for another Foundation book, let alone a 500 pager, but his publishers wanted the money for a guaranteed seller. Asimov really should stick to short stories where you don't need insight (particularly into character) or imagination, but can get by with a single novel 'what if'. He reveals far too much about himself here, which in some authors is intriguing, but in him is disappointing.
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Summary: Satisfying continuation of FOUNDATION'S EDGE"'s threads
Review: As I mentioned in my FOUNDATION'S EDGE review, these two are best enjoyed read as if one book. The search for Earth continues without missing a beat and leads to a return to two planets familiar to those familiar with the Robot novels, Aurora and Solaria. The mystery of the missing Solarians is solved. Also, a major thread from PRELUDE TO FOUNDATION is continued here. There's much less conflict between factions here, but the spacefarers do need to remain alert to possible treachery during their travels. A new character appears, one which obviously Asimov had plans for in future novels. There's a lot more philosophy in the later novels and much dialogue among the various characters as they voice their perception of events. Asimov remains the consummate story teller and while he came back to this series with a perspective and a perception he lacked in earlier novels, we have not so much a new direction as a logical development as we learn more of the over all nature of Isaac Asimov's galazy.
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Summary: In the End
Review: The final book in this epic series ties in all that Isaac Asimov has been writing about all these years, Mans struggle to understand himself and his actions. Golan Trevizes and freak child Bliss eventually find what Hari Seldon set humanity out to look for, Earth. It is not the world they expect to find. It is a cold and poisoned world and when they receive a signal from Earth's ancient sattelite, the Moon they go to investigate. A face from the past greets them and the whole Foundation series and I Robot series collide together for the ending with a chilling insight to the future of humanity and so finishing the greatest Sci Fi story ever, leaving you hanging for more.
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Summary: Very very good. The bad thing is..it says "The End"
Review: I've read all of his robot-empire-foundation books. So i thought. If you have ever noticed, Foundation and Earth never appears in any list on the inside front cover of his books until he clears this timeline mess up.(People confused over if the three series were related or not. They are.) He creats a offical list with an intro. At the end i see Foundation and earth. I read it and find it ok but dissapointing. No time jumps, boring charcters, and on top of that, they can't even land on Earth! It is more of an ending to the robot series. There is a surfacing of a dear friend at the end. The best part about this book is, you learn more about the current state of all of the planets in the robot novels, Soloria, Aroura, etc. It is a great adenture book, not a foundation book. There are few references to the foundation. Trevice even says he doesn't even like Hari seldon. (gasp! Overall this book is readable, but very different that his other foundation books.
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Summary: Like continuing an old friendship....
Review: Having grown up with Asimov's original Foundation Trilogy and Robot novels this book was an incredibly enjoyable blast from the past. It was like suddenly continuing an old friendship after 20 plus years.
Here you have a book that ties up the Foundation Series, the Robot series, as well as, being a very fine mystery novel in it's own right. It is a rare thing for such a large body of work to be capped off so logically and elegantly. Indeed, I would almost say that this book is equal or superior to the originals- the character development certainly is improved.
I remember that I couldn't wait to get home from the office to read the next chapter or two when it first came out.
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Summary: Interesting ending . . .
Review: Asimov wrapped up the Foundation/Robot/Empire saga quite well in Foundation and Earth. I must admit I was a bit confused by the book as I read the Foundation series starting with Foundation before I read any of the Robot/Empire Novels or even Prelude to Foundation or Forward the Foundation. Despite my confusion, I was impressed with the book even then.
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Summary: The series comes full-circle
Review: As the last chronological addition to the Foundation series before he died, Isaac Asimov gave SF readers a gem. The story begins immediately after the ending of Foundation's Edge, when Golan Trevize decided the fate of humanity that all should eventually form a single superorganism called Galaxia, enlarging the present superorganism called Gaia. The main characters are Trevize; Bliss, a part of Gaia; and Pelorat, a scholar. The drive of the story is a continuation of the previous book, in that Trevize seeks Earth, mainly to determine why all records of it have been expunged. Additionally, Trevize is allowing his previous decision to hinge upon the end result of their odyssey across the Milky Way - if he wants, he can reverse his choice and Galaxia will NOT go forward, and humans will remain the independent interactors we are today. There are few clues remaining to direct them, and they first visit a planet the readers saw in Robots and Empire, though it was under a different name. The path of the three is constantly accompanied by debates between Trevize and Bliss about the nature of life and whether a superorganism is the best option. Based on the obstacles and encounters they meet, the end decision is relatively predictable. In this novel, we see two of the spacer worlds, one which was the first, Aurora, and one which was the last, Soloria. First stop among the spacer worlds is Aurora, which gives a grim picture of what happens to a terraformed planet once the humans have gone extinct. Their trip to Solaria solves a riddle from R&E as to what happened to the Solarians. Again, not the most pleasant evolution of an advanced society. The implications of this visit really affect Trevize's decision. Their next stop is a nearly completely dead world, but one that gives them a clue to Earth. After a brief stop at Alpha Centauri, they finally locate the home system of humanity, but Earth is as readers of the series would expect from R&E and from the Empire series: Earth is a completely uninhabitable radioactive wasteland. The actual endpoint of their voyage is a nice surprise, in my opinion, but not nearly so much as who we meet at the end, a dear old friend. This meeting wraps up many issues, and Trevize makes his final decision regarding the fate of mankind. This book is excellent, though not quite a "Foundation" book in my opinion, as we never really deal with that government, save in very tertiary ways. Like most of Asimov's novels, the story is the main thing, but there is some good character development. And if you couldn't guess from the rest of this review, it was really nice to re-visit so many once-familiar places and to meet some old friends. I hope you enjoy it, too.
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