That said it is probably the weakest of them all, and if I could only give it 4 1/2 stars I would, as I can't it has to be 5. And that finally brings us to the reason I started this megareview in the first place -- because Asimov's original '50s "Foundation" trilogy was the first adult science-fiction I ever read, some of the first adult fiction that I had ever read at all, tied in closely to my nostalgic memories of being in my grandparents' house in the '70s and '80s and peering through my dad and uncle's old '40 through '60s sci-fi collection on the musty back shelves of the guest bedroom. Como en sus mejores libros, la trama de esta historia (que es importante y además muy buena) es la excusa de Asimov para hablarnos de otras cosas, temas fundamentales. Me parece que si su obra de ciencia ficción es tan reconocida, no es por el manejo de las palabras, sino por el manejo de los conceptos. This was the last Foundation novel Asimov wrote, and indeed it was published in 1993 posthumously by his widow, Janet Jeppson Asimov.

Agis becomes a friend to Seldon during the years of his reign, until he mysteriously "disappears" at the hand of the Commission of Public Safety, which replaces Agis with a puppet Emperor while they become the true power behind the throne. Of course we know that Asimov was not doing well when he wrote this and it was published posthumously. Yugo Amaryl dies from overwork, suggesting to Seldon to gather people like Wanda to form the nucleus of a group that will watch over the development of psychohistory. That being said, I’ll give Asimov credit for having plenty of action in this book—both physical and mental battles abound. This is the perfect book to go between the first prequel to Foundation (Prelude to Foundation) and Foundation itself!The short epilogue offers a worthwhile and touching retrospective of Seldon and his contribution to galactic civilization. Unica pecca, se così vogliamo dire, è che li libro è diviso in 4 parti che raccontano avvenimenti successi in periodi differenti, ma ben collegati tra di loro e sempre (o quasi) come protagonista Seldon. Of course, having read Foundation first (decades ago), it is difficult for me to look at this book in the same way a reader might who has not read Foundation first – I was constantly (and pleasantly) comparing the thought processes and younger life of the incomparable Hari Seldon in this book to the vision we are given of Seldon in Foundation, when he is established as an old and very wise demigod and thorough planner of human civilization for the next millennia. He died of a heart attack and kidney failure, so he might also been in poor health during the writing of this book, and couldn't exert as much effort on it as he would have liked. Among those seeking to turn psychohistory into the greatest weapon known to man are a populist political demagogue, the weak-willed Emperor Cleon I, and a ruthless militaristic general.

As decades pass, Asimov tells us the story broken up into shorter novellas like he did with the first book (which might be one of the reasons this one feels more coherent?

El argumento está bien planteado y sobre él se desenvuelven de manera ordenada y clara los problemas y su eventual resolución.

We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners. That's ballsy, to be sure, and it officially brings Asimov's timeline to an inarguable "megaseries" status, a great thing to leave behind for all of us in the future to think of as a single, monumental work from this genre pioneer and once massively popular author. It's impressive to be able to say "Asimov's Future History," and he deserves credit for devoting the last decade of his life and the last of his physical health to accomplishing this busy feat. Most characters up to this point are fairly one dimensional and outright awful to read (don't get me started about Trevize, a character I loathe).The military junta has been replaced by a new democratic government, with young Agis XIV as a powerless Emperor that nonetheless tries to make some good with what he can. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Maybe it’s because it’s the last Asimov novel I am likely to read, now that I have completed my re-read of this entire series. La literatura de Ciencia Ficción que leí los últimos años antes de entrar a la universidad me llevó a plantearme preguntas y considerar temas filosóficos que anteriormente me tenían sin cuidado. I find this very odd, it is as if Asimov never considered that mind control is actually very dangerous, and deprives people of free will.