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Centuries after the fall of the First Galactic Empire, Mankind's destiny lies in the hands of Golan Trevize, former councilman of the First Foundation, in this fifth book in the Foundation series. Reluctantly he chooses the mental unity of Galaxia as the only alternative to a chaotic future.
But Mankind as massmind holds no comfort for Trevize. He casts back for roots, searching for clues to humanity's legendary home, fabled Earth. Yet Earth has been lost for thousands of years, and no one can say exactly where it was or if, indeed, it existed at all.
"Usual cast of intelligent, likeable characters with just enough action to give substance to this novel of lucid speculation." (Library Journal)
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Reviewer: Sam Tuohey | April 27, 2003 |
I enjoyed all of the other Foundation books thoroughly, but I was so disappointed in this one. Asimov had a great opportunity to make this his best, but he took a different tact than he had in his earlier books. In essence, this book should have been a concise short story, but instead, it is long, dull and slow. The characters are unbelievably boring and tedious. They have little to say of import and yet they keep repeating themselves.
Warning: Do not listen to it while driving! You may get drowsy or so frustrated that you intentionally crash. |
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Reviewer: Dean Stelow (see other books I've reviewed) | August 21, 2002 |
Excellent conclusion to the Foundation Saga. Having read the original trilogy long ago, and loving it, I was anxious to find out how Asimov's universe turned out; I was not disappointed. While the characters were at some times inconsistent, the story is excellent and I was left satified that the story had truly ended.
The reader of this story left a little to be desired; he was monotonal and definitely lacked emotion when even a hint of the underlying feelings would have made listening more enjoyable. |
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Reviewer: Jim Kee (see other books I've reviewed) | April 13, 2001 |
| This is probably the worst of the Foundation books. The dialogue is so bad, it's barely tolerable. I kept thinking: "What is going on? People don't talk like this? Do people lose the verbal parts of their brains in the future?" This is the type of book that turns people off from Sci Fi. Skip it. |
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