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The first novel in Isaac Asimov’s classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation seriesTHE EPIC SAGA THAT INSPIRED THE APPLE TV+ SERIES FOUNDATION Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American ReadFor twelve thousand years the Galactic Empire has ruled supreme. Now it is dying. But only Hari Seldon, creator of the revolutionary science of psychohistory, can see into the future—to a dark age of ignorance, barbarism, and warfare that will last thirty thousand years. To preserve knowledge and save humankind, Seldon gathers the best minds in the Empire—both scientists and scholars—and brings them to a bleak planet at the edge of the galaxy to serve as a beacon of hope for future generations. He calls his sanctuary the Foundation. The Foundation novels of Isaac Asimov are among the most influential in the history of science fiction, celebrated for their unique blend of breathtaking action, daring ideas, and extensive worldbuilding. In Foundation, Asimov has written a timely and timeless novel of the best—and worst—that lies in humanity, and the power of even a few courageous souls to shine a light in a universe of darkness. Read more

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    • One of the best sci-fi trilogies of all time!
Complex interstellar drama well written and well worth reading. Isaac Asimov is brilliant and has developed his characters and his plot as few can.
Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2025 by Ken Baker
    • A good story overall if a bit light on the science (no spoilers)
Like many others, I was recommended this book as the greatest creation of the legend that is Isaac Asimov, the grandfather of science fiction. I went in expecting elaborate and exciting words created with copious technology and futuristic ideas thrown left and right. After all, the short stories that I have read by Asimov, such as the Last Question, have pointed this way. In short, I was left disappointed... but only on that front. Let me explain. The science and futurism in this book are so thin it may as well not exist. Truly the setting is in a gigantic galaxy wide empire with nuclear gadgets and funky glowing things galore. However these are merely interestingly named trinkets without much importance to the major story regarding their function. This does not mean, however, that this is a bad book. Far from it in fact. Foundation is a great book when you consider it fiction based upon history, psychology, sociology, and politics. Now this may sound gag inducing to my fellow science nerds out there, but it is so much better than I make it sound. Each "part" of the book follows at least one resident strategic genius who works to manipulate very powerful people or groups of people to align with the grand narrative plan laid out in the very beginning of the story. The result is a massively satisfying payoff as chaos flakes away to resounding success. That should be a recipe for an easy 5 star review. After all, I consider most books worth reading to be 5 stars. As you've probably guessed by now though, I hesitate to put the "worth reading overall" tag to this book. As great as the general premise is, there are two major flaws that I found when reading it. The First is the ambiguity of the "grand narrative plan" that I explained earlier in this review. Avoiding spoilers, this plan is set out fairly early on in the book. Middle to end of Part 1 I'd say. However, the idea is that the meat of the plan is hidden from the reader, and revealed slowly in important bits of the story as it progresses. This works initially, very well in fact, to create suspense in the story. After a couple parts though, it starts to become stale and formulaic. The golden rule for recurring suspense inducing plot elements is that they must be used with enough variety to remain entertaining. I cannot say that this held near the end of the book. My Second problem links in with the first part, and is the general formulaic nature of some of the parts, and the treatment of some characters due to it. The challenge with the format of this book is to constantly introduce a large number of characters that are important, interesting, and unique. This is rather easy for the first few parts, but you can see that Asimov struggled to not repeat earlier story patterns in later parts. Some characters start to seem like poorly constructed clones of previous characters. As a side note, you will be introduced to a certified badass by the name of Gaal Dornick in Page 1 of the book. He gets a lot of really nice character building and becomes a great foundation (lol) for a main character. You won't see him past page 46. Neither of these have to be deal breaking flaws. After all, it doesn't take long to read anyway, so you won't "waste" much time if you end up disliking it. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2017 by Doctor Karamazov
    • Shame Apple TV+ never read it
So much better than the infantile TV show. Asimov weaves great characters and story arc with deft aplomb. The glaring holes in the tv series' plot and cannon simply don't exist in the book - showing once again that Hollywood rewrites in SciFi are terrible and ruin excellent stories...
Reviewed in the United States on June 10, 2025 by Greg
    • A classic - dated in style, substance, and sensibility - but still worth reading
If you have arrived at this page, you have some reason to ask whether you want to read this book. The answer is yes. A more difficult question is whether you want to read it on Kindle; I’ve read it both ways, and this Kindle version is perfectly fine. There are plenty of other reviews, so I’ll just add my reflections on the book, three-fourths of a century after Asimov wrote it, and almost fifty years after I first read it. The style is basic pulp fiction. Asimov did not try to write well-crafted prose – he typed out a rough draft and then he typed out a final draft. He wanted clear, fast, easy-to-read prose. Asimov’s choice of psychology as the master social science seems an odd choice today. If he were writing in the 1960s, he probably would have chosen sociology; if in the 1980s, economics. Interestingly the book appeared just before a group of scholars (mostly economists) began to develop deductive theories of politics, though the indeterminacy central to those theories would have frustrated a determinist like Asimov. Asimov’s implicit theory of social science resonates well with both deductive agent-based modeling and inductive “big data” approaches today – probabilistic, based on the behavior of large masses of people and not on the behavior of any individual. Indeed, Hari Seldon’s abstractions from individual behavior is one feature of his psychohistory that makes Asimov’s focus on psychology seem misplaced today. That’s all the more strange because Asimov’s view of politics relies on “great men” – always men – who solve the puzzles that history poses them at key moments. They do this by breaking rules and, in the end, acting as benevolent dictators. In actual social science and history, focusing on the choices of key individuals introduces a lot of indeterminacy into your analysis. That would throw a big monkey wrench into Seldon’s plans and, as it turns out, that’s exactly what happens. Last but not least, it’s a remarkably sexist book. Asimov’s skills as a futurist did not extend to imagining moves toward greater gender equality. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2020 by Arthur Digbee
    • A Bit Slow
I was hoping to find a space epic like the TV show, but what I got was mostly politics. It wasn’t a bad book for what it was, but it was a bit dry and felt more like an anthology than a single story. The downside was that it skipped over the interesting parts. War would come and then 30 years would pass by. Overall, it was an okay book, and I’m glad I read it, but it’s definitely tame and a bit slow-paced. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2025 by Amazon Customer

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