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(1951) A far-future galactic empire teeters on collapse. Hari Seldom, a visionary “psychohistorian“ invents a strategy to reduce the coming dark ages from 30 millennia to just one. I first read the Foundation series forty (?!?) years ago, and enjoyed it much. Very happy to report I admire it still, though its central premise now seems, erm, improbable, and its demographics very 1950s office-building. But given the premise the ride is a joy.

Charming, beautiful, emotional and fantastic! this is a book filled with fantastic food, tear jerking scenes, and the ultimate question, what happens when robots become sentient? what rights should they have? follow this group of ragtag robots as they work hard to make some delicious food, and connect to each other and the humans they interact with. 10/10 a must read book!

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I really liked this book and will read others in the series. I found the way the Foundation sneakily forced its presence onto surrounding planets and the way it used religion to be very interesting. I could not walk on any of the wooded trails in this area because the yellow flies were just terrible! They forced me into sunnier spaces. #audiowalk #ClassicLSFBC

I walked in the morning, so it wasn‘t a hellscape out there. Still enjoying Foundation. I remember a fair amount of women in the tv series, but I think there‘s only been one in the book so far and she was a receptionist. #audiowalk #ClassicLSFBC

I had watched some of the tv series with my husband but never read the book. It‘s not what I was expecting, but I‘m really enjoying it. I‘m already more than half way through. #audiowalk #ClassicLSFBC

Man, this book had to do a lot of work wrapping up the Hyperion Cantos series. It was a wild ride and I will miss the characters and the universe around them.

59/100 I've never been a big fan of Asimov, I find his writing kind of dry, but I did enjoy the entire Foundation trilogy. The fall of the Galactic empire was predicted by Harry Seldon, and through his Foundation, the dark ages after the fall would only be 1,000 years instead of 30,000. Personally, I think the trilogy gets better as it goes along, but the first book is a solid story with plenty of interesting characters. 4🚀🚀🚀🚀 #ClassicLSFBC

Two immortal assassins from a dystopian future are trapped in endless battle. Each time one of them kills someone, they are transported together to a different time and place. Can they put aside their differences long enough to save humanity, or will their violent nature lock them in a cyclical pattern of death? Lee Bermejo is possible my favorite artist working today, and he gets to flex some serious skill in this wild, stimulating thriller.

In a distant future, humanity expands outward in an endless quest for resources that can be exploited, and individuals must justify their existence to merit food, oxygen and even consciousness. When an accident sends Juna and Mai to the surface of a wildly inhospitable moon targeted for resource extraction, they face a hostile environment and first contact with a life form unlike anything humanity has ever encountered. Fascinating.