Isaac Asimov: Foundation and empire (1952, Gnome Press)
247 pages
English language
Published Jan. 24, 1952 by Gnome Press.
Led by its founding father, the great psychohistorian Hari Seldon, and taking advantage of its superior science and technology, the Foundation has survived the greed and barbarism of its neighboring warrior-planets. Yet now it must face the Empire still the mightiest force in the Galaxy even in its death throes. When an ambitious general determined to restore the Empire's glory turns the vast Imperial fleet toward the Foundation, the only hope for the small planet of scholars and scientists lies in the prophecies of Hari Seldon.
The 2nd in a really great series. It is amazing how entertaining the story is and how much you are pulled into the story since there is relatively little 'action'.
Il faudra un jour que je relise et que j'écrive une critique plus complète de ce grand classique de la science-fiction, un roman et une saga que j'avais lu avec énormément de plaisir quand j'étais plus jeune.
This book was good, but it left me with a feeling of disappointment. Although it managed to create some twists that created new excitement it fell short of glory of "Foundation". Nevertheless I enjoyed it very much and am currently deep within "Second foundation".
Middle, misogyny, collapse of reason.
This got better. It's almost as if you can see Asimov learning how to be a better writer as the book progressed. The second half is a marked improvement over the first (and both are better than Foundation itself). There are even female characters, and one of them is smarter than all the men!
A great continuation of the original Foundation book.
Really liked the characters of the last part of the book.
This is the second book in the Foundation series and like the first book, the beginning is dry. After The Mule story line starts the book becomes very enjoyable. I'm all already to start the next book, [b:Second Foundation|29580|Second Foundation (Foundation, #3)|Isaac Asimov|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168033540s/29580.jpg|64823]. Although this book was published in 1952 original, the Foundation series continues to be one of the greatest science fiction series of all time.
