| Re: asimov's "second foundation"
The Prelude books by Bear, Benford and Brin are set in/around the time frame between Forward the Foundation and Prelude to Foundation and the beginning of Foundation.
It introduces a new "enemy" of humanity, in the form of a disease - "Chaos" that has caused the destruction of all human civilisations that reach a certain point in its development.
The first book deals with a period during Hari Seldon as First Minister (and deals a lot with artificial intelligences and with Robots), the second during the establishment of the core of mentallics that become Second Foundation (and deals a lot with a secret policeman obsessed with mind controlling robots), whilst the third is set just after Hari records his messages for the time vault, when he is worried about the effects of Chaos on his psychohistory (and deals a lot with the conflicts between Calvinian, Giskardian, minus one law and nemesis Robot societies, and their all wanting Hari to judge between them). |