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I liked the characters, classic foundation characters but i didnt care for the story at all. The hole Gaia thing was alittle lame for me. I missed The Foundation feel. The first Foundation,Second Foundation people when the story was about them it was amazing. I felt it lost focus totaly in the end. Gaia ruined Foundation for me.
I havent even finished Foundation and Earth yet. Asimovs widow even said he didnt know how to finish the story well after Foundation and Earth since its a weak finale apparently cause it opens new questions. Which is exactly why he shouldnt have give in to pressure and should finished the story with Second Foundation.
Now its always remembered as a great trilogy with a somewhat weak ending thanks to the last two books. You see that everywhere, most fans rate The original trilogy high and the sequals not near as high. Check the threads in this forum for fav SF books, many write "Foundation Original Trilogy"
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It sounds like you have some quite firm opinions about and ending you haven't even read yet. I suppose that when I read Foundation and Earth, I had the advantage of not having read other people's opinions on it.
As for the ending being weak and leaving unanswered questions...well, I can't say to much because I don't want to spoil it for you when you eventually get around to finishing it but I can say that it goes a long way to tying together the foundation and robot series. It actually resolves some questions left open at the end of "Robots and Empire". And as I understand it, he had every intention of writing more books in the series to continue after "Foundation and Earth" so it wasn't supposed to be fully concluded.
"Second Foundation" actually left the question as to whether the Seldon plan would eventually suceed wide open. This question is actually resolved in "Foundation and Earth".
I think that "Edge" and "Earth" reflected a change in Asimov in that he had grown bored with the original notion of the Foundation and wanted to explore the idea that something else could be a more effective mechanism for securing mankind's future. One of the fascinating things about "Earth" is running debate between Golan Trevize and Blissenobiarella regarding the importance of individual freedom vs. the common good.
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Action oriented in A Foundation story? thats very interesting.
Im looking forward to reading Prelude cause its about the legendary Hari Seldon.
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"Forward the Foundation" carries straight on from "Prelude" and is also about Hari Seldon.