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Fondation: Le Cycle De Fondation 1/2 - Community Reviews back

by Isaac Asimov
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Edward
Edward rated it 9 years ago
IntroductionBibliographical NoteSelect BibliographyChronology--Foundation--Foundation and Empire--Second Foundation
Book Ramblings
Book Ramblings rated it 11 years ago
An iconic sci-fi trilogy that no sci-fi fans should miss. For anybody who want to get into reading sci-fi novels this trilogy is one of the best starting points.Below are links to my reviews of the individual volumes (I doubt this omnibus edition is still in print):1. Foundation2. Foundation and Emp...
fossumcarl
fossumcarl rated it 11 years ago
going in I wanted to like this more. An all-time SF Classic, I'd last tried to read it all the way back in the early 80's in the Brooklyn Tech Library and then its being a collection ( a "fix-up") of short stories and not true novels kept me from getting very far.The short story aspect stills drags ...
The Book Frog
The Book Frog rated it 11 years ago
In 1974 I was twelve years old. I had been reading on my own for close to eight years, and had been reading "grown-up" books--with varying degrees of understanding (oh, how I blushed for my younger self when I reread some of them years later)--since I was ten. At some point my dad--who always relate...
Lisa (Harmony)
Lisa (Harmony) rated it 11 years ago
The trilogy of books Foundation, Foundation and Empire and Second Foundation are among the best Asimov ever wrote among his science-fiction novels and among his most influential. I've read it was based on Gibbon's Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire. Only this empire spans the galaxy. Hari Seldon pred...
Books&Sweets
Books&Sweets rated it 12 years ago
The Foundation Trilogy is fundamental.
kennethjmcginnis
kennethjmcginnis rated it 12 years ago
Bayesian Estimate (4/10/2014): 4.30945339
Reading a Thousand Lives
Reading a Thousand Lives rated it 13 years ago
his is my first foray into Isaac Asimov and it's been a successful one, this trilogy has made a fan out of me! I love Asimov's writing--his characters are fleshed out and brilliant despite their frequent disappearance over a matter of chapters, sometimes pages, as time passes by fast, the character ...
Xdyj's books
Xdyj's books rated it 14 years ago
Interesting classic space opera based on Decline&Fall of Roman Empire, with a lot of popular ideas (e.g. psychohistory) that have influenced the genre of sf for decades. A bit old fashioned though.
Betsy's Non-Blog
Betsy's Non-Blog rated it 14 years ago
This is a hardbound compilation, which I own, which includes the following three books which I read in paperback: [b:Foundation|29579|Foundation (Foundation, #1)|Isaac Asimov|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1320416085s/29579.jpg|1783981], [b:Foundation and Empire|29581|Foundation and Empire (Foundatio...
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