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. To preserve knowledge and save mankind, Seldon gathers the best minds in the Empire–both scientists and scholars–and … brings them to a bleak planet at the edge of the Galaxy to serve as a beacon of hope for a fututre generations. He calls his sanctuary the Foundation.
But soon the fledgling Foundation finds itself at the mercy of corrupt warlords rising in the wake of the receding Empire. Mankind’s last best hope is faced with an agonizing choice: submit to the barbarians and be overrun–or fight them and be destroyed.
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One of the classics in Science Fiction. If you have not read this book, you need to do so now.
One of the best SF stores ever – you need to read all of the Foundation books
I have read the entire Foundation series. If you haven’t, I recommend you start right now!
A classic that still holds up! One of Asimov’s best and the beginning of a terrific series. Worth revisiting or discovering for the first time.
Just the tip of the iceberg to a grand vision that is so much fun for the reader to be caught up in, yet, as with most science fiction, it gets us to see and think of things in fresh ways, questioning much or asking more.
Asimov at his best. The beginning of the Foundation series, it explores how human society can be predicted using a sociological algorithm. This information predicted the rise and fall of a galactic empire and the following anarchy. The algorithm and information was put into secrecy and protected to be used during the years of anarchy. A …
One of the seminal science fiction classics.
I like Asimov and I think this is one of his best.
A classic of the science fiction genre.
AI primer. First and finest book to center on the moral consequences of artificial intelligence. A stage setting masterwork.
I found Foundation to be interesting if a bit dry. The premise is pretty original, but the whole rest of the novel rests almost exclusively on that premise. Don’t expect particularly strong characters or writing style or anything like that. This is a novel is an exercise in working out the details and implications of an interesting core idea, and …
This is one of my very favorite books. It is a wonderful example of the very best of science fiction. Asimov was a scientist and had a keen understanding of people. He was an exceptional writer, and this is one of his best books.
I read the entire series (unfortunately not in the correct order) and really liked it. I found myself unable to put it down. I just recently re-read the entire series (one of the pluses of being old) and found it just as entertaining as the first time. I can’t recommend the entire series enough. Great science fiction from one of the masters.