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Summary: Finnaly the saga ends
Review: Well, this surely wasn't the best book of the foundation series, but it did gave me a very nice reading.
The story is full of action, and I was always in expectation to see what the next planet would be like, and if it would reveal anything. It also shows some aspects of Bliss and Trevize that were not shown before, allowing us to get a better insight on the characters.
One thing that gets to my nerve though, is the amount of pages dedicated to Trevize/Bliss arguments (with Pelorat being the referee), some of which are interesting, but soon get somewhat repetitive.
The end is very revelational, giving us a whole new view of the story of the first 4 books, and with a little more...
Oh, and I haven't found any "error" either... please someone tell me, ok? ;)
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Summary: A fitting end for asimov's Foundation series
Review: This book fulfilled my expectations of a grand finale for the Foundation series. I was captivated by Trevize's journey back to Earth; exploring planets that Asimov had written about in previous novels. The parallels of R. Daneel, Gaia, and God were very imaginative and intriquing. This was one of the more enjoyable Asimov novels to read.
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Summary: eh
Review: I became enthralled by Issac Asimov through a collection of his short stories. In just a few pages he presented and explored a brain-boggling idea. But in this longer work and two others in the Foundation series (Foundation and Empire and Prelude to Foundation) I admit considerable disappointment. There are some good ideas but they're lost in a sea of shallow characters and needless ramblings. I won't give up on the author because when he hits he really hits. But I'm through with the Foundation series
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Summary: Continuing the Foundation series to our own world.
Review: This novel is one of several that Asimov wrote to tie together his series. This particular novel is good and is well written. BUT, it does have a rare glaring error in it.
I questioned Asimov about the error at a convention in 1987. He said that he had only gotten one other notice that someone had found the error.
See if you can find the error.
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Summary: Terrific! One of the best of the series
Review: Excellent book. Isaac Asimov ties together the Foundation series with his Robot books and his Empire books. He makes many allusions to those earlier books, even bringing back R. Daneel Olivaw, now 20,000 years old! Continuing the storyline in Foundation's Edge, he examines the conflict between individuality and unity, with the extreme unitists of Gaia, the extreme individualists of Solaria (who have even become hermaphrodites to totally eliminate interaction) and the moderates of the Galaxy. This book has intellectual excitement, some adventure, a bit of romance, and some philosophy. This is definitely one of his best
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Summary: Amazing!
Review: This is the culmination of the great Foundation Series. Asimov manages to tie the story of The Foundation together with the Robot series and brings in a special guest to finish it off. Make sure you read the Robot Series first. And DON'T buy the tapes of this book, buy the actual book. Great reading
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Summary: Not up to standards
Review: If you're an Asimov junkie like me, you'll buy and read this book no matter what anybody says. But if you were thrilled with the first three books in the series, ecstatic over the addition of Prelude to Foundation, and slightly less than pleased with Foundation's Edge, then you'll be disappointed with this one.
I felt Isaac was preaching at me in some sort of new age galactic godspeak rather than entertaining me with a good story. Maybe that's the danger of writing so many good adventure books: eventually you want to advertise your beliefs. I don't know if that's true or not, but I do know that this book was a terrible letdown for me in an otherwise brilliant series.
The ending didn't gather together the threads of the story, but only seemed to serve as a steppingstone for books that were never to be written. The Foundation Series is a grand adventure, standing up for the most part over forty years after some of the volumes were written. Well, five out of six of them do, at least.
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Summary: Somewhat of a letdown
Review: Well, 6 months ago I started reading CAVES OF STEEL. I read all 4 robot novels, all 3 Empire novels and all 7 Foundation novels in order. 14 books in 6 months. Some were better than others.
As a whole, the Robot series was the best. I found the 3 Empire novels to be the most boring. And the Foundation novels were hit and miss. FOUNDATION AND EARTH is a perfect example of the series; exciting at times and then when you can sense a big climax, it is really, to be quite honest, a let down. I'm glad I read all the books, but I don't think they were really all that well written, Asimov has a curious and cold way of writing. Now onto Lord of the Rings......
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Summary: Worst of the Series
Review: If you enjoyed the ending of Foundation's Edge then you will probably like this book. You will find more analogies comparing Gaia to things in the isolate world, and Bliss squaring off with Trevize about stuff you really don't care about. Asimov does, however, succeed in making you feel the fustration that the characters feel when they don't discover ANYTHING about Earth for the first 450 pages. The most annoying character is Fallom. I found myself wanting Trevize to kill Fallom as he suggests he will do several times in the book. The "twist" revealed in the last sentence is all but a surprise as Trevize foreshadows it several times in the book. I just read a review that this was more part of the Robot series than the Foundation series. I had only read the first four Foundation novels so perhaps that is why I didn't care for the portion of the book where they meander through space accomplishing nothing.
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Summary: It's Not Real
Review: I thought Foundation's Edge was vaguely depressing. This is worse. Increasingly there are levels of psychic control, and like the Aes Sedai of the never-ending Wheel of Time, those that think they are all-powerful find another above them with more power. But Asimov does all he can to exclude the possibility of a supernatural power that is above it all. Everything is always deeply materialistically and scientifically explainable. All events, whether by Gaians or 2nd Foundationers or robots- originally stem from something that humanity has created, or which has evolved through natural selection within humanity. Nothing is numinous, and beyond the thoughts and understanding of humanity. And ultimately, this creates a very depressing outlook of the world. Real life is more interesting. Real life is more exciting.
It's annoying too, when the twist at the end of the previous novel, Foundation's Edge, turns out to be only in the protagonist's perception, and not actually reality. I feel cheated, and tricked. And then, when other mysteries are added on, I find finally that not all the mysteries are answered, and now never will be- indeed, major questions remain at the end of this book. This is a major mistake within the genre- creating castles that lack foundation.
I remember now why I don't like Asimov. He shows us a place without hope. I don't like to be depressed after reading a book. I simply have to remember that Asimov's thoughts are divorced from reality.
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