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Foundation series by Isaac Asimov
Posted on 8/14/23 at 7:27 am
Posted on 8/14/23 at 7:27 am
My library had the Prelude to Foundation audiobook available so I started it on Friday. I was immediately hooked. Any recs as far as what order to read the Foundation series in?
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Posted on 8/14/23 at 2:33 pm to Loup
Read the Robot series first. While it's not necessary, it precludes Foundation in the timeline.
HERE is Asimov's own suggested order to read his books. It's what I followed, and it was an amazing journey. One of, if not the best Sci-Fi writers ever.
HERE is Asimov's own suggested order to read his books. It's what I followed, and it was an amazing journey. One of, if not the best Sci-Fi writers ever.
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The Author's Note of Prelude to Foundation contains Asimov's suggested reading order for his science fiction books:
The Complete Robot (1982) and/or I, Robot (1950)
Caves of Steel (1954)
The Naked Sun (1957)
The Robots of Dawn (1983)
Robots and Empire (1985)
The Currents of Space (1952)
The Stars, Like Dust (1951)
Pebble in the Sky (1950)
Prelude to Foundation (1988)
Note: Forward the Foundation (1993) was then unpublished, but would have followed Prelude.
Foundation (1951)
Foundation and Empire (1952)
Second Foundation (1953)
Foundation's Edge (1982)
Foundation and Earth (1986)
This post was edited on 8/14/23 at 2:35 pm
Posted on 8/14/23 at 3:32 pm to Midget Death Squad
Thanks!
I'm going to finish Prelude to Foundation since I'm already a few hours in then start at the beginning.
I'm pretty sure I read some of his stuff in high school but I can't remember what. It's been a while. Prelude has been good from the start.
I'm going to finish Prelude to Foundation since I'm already a few hours in then start at the beginning.
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One of, if not the best Sci-Fi writers ever.
I'm pretty sure I read some of his stuff in high school but I can't remember what. It's been a while. Prelude has been good from the start.
Posted on 8/17/23 at 3:40 pm to Midget Death Squad
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One of, if not the best Sci-Fi writers ever.
Unquestionably the best.
Just re-read I, Robot. Probably my least favorite of his actually. But it's a nice set up for what is to come.
Caves of Steel and The Naked Sun are still my two favorites. The Foundation series is my wifes favorite series of all time.
Posted on 8/18/23 at 7:14 pm to Midget Death Squad
I didn't like how he tied the robot and foundation series in together. Seemed too forced and I didn't like the communist aspect
Posted on 8/21/23 at 11:01 am to iwyLSUiwy
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Caves of Steel and The Naked Sun are still my two favorites.
Same
Posted on 8/21/23 at 3:46 pm to Midget Death Squad
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The Complete Robot (1982) and/or I, Robot (1950)
The library doesn't have either of these available but they do have this one.
Posted on 8/21/23 at 10:41 pm to Loup
lol
Speaking of time novels, The End of Eternity is probably the best book he’s written. It is not part of his robot/foundation universe, but it’s damn good. Check it out.
Speaking of time novels, The End of Eternity is probably the best book he’s written. It is not part of his robot/foundation universe, but it’s damn good. Check it out.
Posted on 8/31/23 at 9:44 am to iwyLSUiwy
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Unquestionably the best.
Yeah, ummmmmmm, no, that's debatable. It's definitely questionable.
Clarke, Dick, Heinlein (The Dean), Haldeman (eh, mehby), even Wells and Verne, et al (all non-skiffy) .... Clarke and Dick have equal claim to Asimov's (his fans') with their overall bodies of work imho.
Clarke would get my vote as the finest followed closely by Dick but, hey, that's just mho.
Now, is Foundation the finest Sci-Fi trilogy in history thus far? Perhaps-so. Many would probably vote it #1 I suspect, including myself. I even own several different printings/editions of each book in the trilogy.
This current generation might also award Three Body the title, especially if voted-on globally.
Posted on 9/5/23 at 1:03 pm to scrooster
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Clarke, Dick, Heinlein (The Dean), Haldeman (eh, mehby), even Wells and Verne, et al (all non-skiffy) .... Clarke and Dick have equal claim to Asimov's (his fans') with their overall bodies of work imho.
Yea I guess I should have said unquestionably for me.
I haven't read enough PKD to argue him. I've read High Castle and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. DADOES is unquestionably the greatest book title of all time though
Seriously, that's just an incredible title. I saw Blade Runner before I read the book. That is one of my probably 5 favorite movies of all time for me so I was expecting the book to be incredible and it just wasn't. That's one of the very very few instances where a movie is better than a good book. I wasn't blown away by The Man in the High Castle either so I just didn't read any more of his works. I'm not really sure who would come in #2 for me. I think maybe Wells almost solely on how well he predicted the future so many times. Almost prophet like. Maybe Orwell. Asimov is just a clear #1 for me.
Posted on 9/18/23 at 11:31 am to Loup
Kind of related...I was cleaning out my father's book collection last week and ran across a copy of Asimov's Understanding Physics (3 Volumes in 1). That and volumes 1 and 2 of Richard Feynman's Lectures on Physics.
The Asimov is just the 1993 reprint of the 1966 original. The Feynman books are the 1963 originals.
The Asimov is just the 1993 reprint of the 1966 original. The Feynman books are the 1963 originals.
Posted on 9/19/23 at 4:00 pm to madmaxvol
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Richard Feynman
I love this guy's books. He was one of a kind. Asimov and Feynman on physics is good stuff, though both were more fun to read for for things that weren't directly physics.
Posted on 9/30/23 at 9:17 am to Loup
Go ahead and read everything by Asimov. They are all related. Most of his books are from the same universe, and the ones that aren't are closely related.
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