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by: Isaac Asimov
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780553293388
ISBN: 0553293389
Label: Spectra
Manufacturer: Spectra
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 480
Publication Date: November 01, 1991
Publisher: Spectra
Release Date: October 01, 1991
Sales Rank: 38837
Studio: Spectra
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At last, the costly and bitter war between the two Foundations had come to an end. The scientists of the First Foundation had proved victorious; and now they retum to Hari Seldon's long-established plan to build a new Empire that the Second Foundation is not destroyed after all-and that its still-defiant survivors are preparing their revenge. Now the two exiled citizens of the Foundation-a renegade Councilman and the doddering historian-set out in search of the mythical planet Earth. . .and proof that the Second Foundation still exists. Meanwhile someone-or something-outside of both Foundations sees to be orchestrating events to suit its own ominous purpose. Soon representatives of both the First and Second Foundations will find themselves racing toward a mysterious world called Gaia and a final shocking destiny at the very end of the universe!
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Rating:  - Shocking, Fascinating, and Intense....Read it
After finishing the initial Foundation trilogy about a year ago, I took a break. (I am a collector and had bought every book in the Foundation series all at once) I was completely satisfied with the way the trilogy concluded. I did not feel the story could move forward with any continuity. I was wrong, and the series was enhanced. The new characters introduced in the book are fantastic, and the story is great. Foundation's Edge is packed to the brim with philosophy that will knock your socks ... Read More
Rating:  - Pscho-ecological bable; edge around this one
Promising update to the Foundation series written 20 years later gets bogged down about 2/3 of the way through in interminable and virtually unreadable psycho-ecological babble. By focusing on a single historical period, Asimov showed up to that point that he could at least manage a moderate level of plot interest. But from the midpoint on this is one of the worst things I've ever read from an author with a well-known reputation.
My suggestion is to skip the whole series. Having soldiered ... Read More
Rating: - Book 4 of Asimov's Foundation Saga (Please read for overall rating of Foundation Series and other Asimov books)
Isaac Asimov continues the Foundation Story in this 4th installment of the series, published around 30 years after the original trilogy.
In "Foundation's Edge," Asimov does a very good job of continuing and expanding the Foundation story without missing a beat, despite the amount of time between this book and the first 3 books. The novel's style is somewhat more in depth from the original series; this is to be expected, considering this novel was published in the 1980s, whereas the original ... Read More
Rating: - A third foundation?...
Of the Foundation novels thus far in the series, this is the first to dedicate the whole book to a single story line - one that continues in the next book. As always, Asimov is masterful with the mystery aspects of the story, and how the characters figure things out in a Sherlock/Watson manner.
Asimov kind of lost some points with me by making Gaia the central aspect, that hippie treehugger world-is-alive idea that's nowadays extreme cliche, but I cut him slack given that he wrote this over 25 years ... Read More
Rating:  - Not Free SF Reader
More than the Foundations?
There may be an as yet undiscovered third leg in the struggle for control, and this leads to a couple of the characters involved searching for Earth.
Not sure there is any real reason to read this if you have read the original Foundation books, but if you are more of a fan you will likely enjoy it, with all the psychohistory, prediction and mind games.
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