Paperback, 620 pages

English language

Published July 2, 1998 by Orbit.

ISBN:
978-1-85723-563-0
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Thrust into the First Ministership of the Empire, Hari Seldon must administer twenty-five million inhabited worlds from the all-steel planet of Trantor. He's also developing the science that will transform history, and ultimately pit him against future history's most awesome threat.Isaac Asimov's Foundation Trilogy is one of the high-water marks of science fiction. It is the monumental story of a Galactic Empire in decline, and the secret society of scientists who seek to shorten the inevitable Dark Age with the science of psychohistory. Now, with the permission -- and blessing -- of the Asimov estate, the epic saga continues.Fate -- and a cruel Emperor's arbitrary power -- have thrust Hari Seldon into the First Ministership of the Empire against his will. As the story opens, Hari is about to leave his quiet professorship and take on the all but impossible task of administering 25 million inhabited worlds from the all-steel …

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Not a bad book, but not a really good one either. I guess my expectations were for something more powerful, along the lines of Asimov's later Foundation novels. The story line was odd and nearly insightful. Sadly, the final plot twist seemed inconsistent with certain of the characters.

I'll read the two additional follow-on "Foundation" novels for comparison purposes. We'll see what comes of that.

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