Foundation (Unabridged)
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4.1 • 597 Ratings
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Publisher Description
The story of our future begins with the Foundation.
Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read
For twelve thousand years the Galactic Empire has ruled supreme. Now it is dying. Only Hari Seldon, creator of the revolutionary science of psychohistory, can see into the future—a dark age of ignorance, barbarism, and warfare that will last thirty thousand years. To preserve knowledge and save humanity, 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 future generations. He calls this sanctuary the Foundation.
But soon the fledgling Foundation finds itself at the mercy of corrupt warlords rising in the wake of the receding Empire. And mankind’s last best hope is faced with an agonizing choice: submit to the barbarians and live as slaves—or take a stand for freedom and risk total destruction.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Foundation hasn’t become one of the most influential science fiction novels of all time just because it’s so mind-blowingly smart, though it is that. The first book in Isaac Asimov’s classic series is a riveting story of political intrigue. Thousands of years in the future, when humanity has spread throughout space to millions of planets, a man named Hari Seldon uses mathematics to predict that the Galactic Empire is destined to fall. Hoping to preserve knowledge and order during the chaotic millennium that will follow, Hari sets up a final colony on a desolate planet and calls it the Foundation. Asimov is playing the long game here—the story unfolds over multiple generations—and it’s fascinating to find out how Hari’s predictions do and don’t come true. Veteran narrator Scott Brick has a rich baritone that suits this epic tale. Once you dive into Asimov’s rich future history, you’ll never want to leave. Luckily, there are more audiobooks and an ambitious adaptation to watch on Apple TV+.
Customer Reviews
Isaac Asimov takes you on journey
Can’t compare this quality scientifically fiction to that worthless Apple TV show that’s in name only and so way off and woke to the point of being worthless to watch. This isn’t s because of the writers strike and they turn out a pile cow dump.
Didn't age well
It's funny, I read these as a kid decades ago and remember the series as one of my favorites in sci-go, but listening to them now...so boring, tedious, repetitive writing. It still has a great idea in the psycho-history, but the rest....10,000 years in the future humans are smoking cigarettes, etc.
Different but Amazing
This is not the same story as the TV adaptation but is still very good. The book follows the Foundation’s history of early civilization, and how they deal with hostile planets. It has the main crisis in the first season of the show, but it is different, yet equally awesome.