| Re: asimov's "second foundation"
if you made it through the original foundation trilogy, then the subsequent books, Edge and Earth will be weasier to read. the whole issue with Second Foundation was more under the heading of finding out that there is a sibling to take over the crown in case the eldest fails. ego puncturer there, SO first and foremost kill the backup plan to PROVE that you won't fail. (second foundationers understood this idea and gave up a plausible group for scapegoathood then faded back into the background)the other books by asimov for Foundation (and forward trhe foundation which I believe was actually written by Bear, not Asimov) are decent reads, and weren't as disjointed as the stories he was publishing weekly, monthly, or however the periodical was being published that he posted his stories in. Foundation and Earth, Prelude to Foundation and The Robot Novels charcters, tied in with those. (novels not collected short stories) |