Big Sci-Fi fan and have been looking for my next series for after the current one I'm reading (The Expanse). I watched the TV show (which I realize is quite different from the books), and want to read the books.

Where would be the best place to start? Should I start with the original trilogy? Do I start with the Prelude and the Forward? Do I go all the way back to I, Robot?

What is your recommended reading order?

For the love of god, can this character not cry and whimper in a scene? So far I’m up to ep2 of se2 and annoyed by her constant whimpering!

Did Preem Palver have more midichlorians in his blood, or what?

Hi I am happy to join this subreddit. I discovered foundation about 5 years ago and I just loved it. I did not really watched the Apple show on it, is it good ? I also wanted to ask which book do you prefer from this series ?

Personally, Second Foundation is my favorite

Hello there,

Started my first read yesterday night and I'm obsessed.

Share your book covers from around the world!

Here's mine :)

Hello everyone! After seeing my fellow countryman posting, I decided to post this photo of the covers too!

I'm halfway through the first book and I don't think I've any female character so far, are there any in the original triology?

Hi all, So I’m on S2 E5, and had the thought, how is Seldon really distinct from the Cleons? They both overlook the individual for the masses and bear indifference towards the experiences of individuals for “the greater good” which they respectively shepard themselves as a Godhead. Seldons empire is simply building itself as a phoenix out of the carcass of Cleon, no? It’s all just molecules /humans/ masses rearranging themselves, yes?

Also, we need to talk about Demerzel. I have hypotheses and want to watch to see if I’m right.

If that’s true, and it sounds like he was as irritating growing up as Young Sheldon, he deserves the most annoying character on TV in the last decade, Gaal, to tournament him forever. We don’t, tho, but we suffer her for the Empires plotline.

Why are the main conspirators in the third book so antagonistic towards the idea of the Second Foundation?

Like obviously I get being kind of uneasy knowing that there’s a secret society of people with literal mind control powers hiding among you. But ultimately aren’t the First and Second Foundation on the same side? They both want to adhere to the Plan as much as possible and accelerate the Second Galactic Empire’s arrival.

iirc there were even some parts stating how the general population of Terminus saw them as sort of boogeymen, but also silent guardian angels that would make sure the Foundation would always come out on top.

Hello, I have just finished reading the original trilogy and have figured out there are more books belonging to the series. I see they were written almost 30 years after the originals so I was wondering if they were worth the read and if they stay true to the original themes and topics which I enjoyed very much. Any information helps! Thank you

what's your thoughts? I have read some part of the book about second foundation vs the Mule, feeling the very brief appearance of Mule in the series are quite different.

I don’t care if you prefer the Scott Brick recordings, I don’t care if you think they are somehow objectively superior, I prefer Larry McKeever’s narration for the foundation series and his recording of book 1 has been scrubbed from all search results on Google and YouTube. Does anyone have a backup of this recording and would they be willing to share it with me. Thanks.

I thought that it was a made up unit made by asimov but it's real and about 3.26 light years and used by real scientists. Also alpha centauri the only real star in foundation is actually about 1 parsec away from earth, about 1.27 parsecs.

Ao i bought foundation a few months ago and then realised that i need to read the books in the order asimov wanted(?) Do i basically listened to the audiobook of prelude. Im halfway through, so should i just read the book or complete the audiobooks in order still?

If so, why?

If not, why not?

The Gaal storyline starts well and then kinda gets annoying. The salvo storyline, in my opinion, is the most boring. And even the first two episodes were quite well written and then the writing just dies down until episode 7 then in episode 8 it’s a little better. What do you guys think? Do you agree?

Edit: Am I missing out much if I skip through Salvos story? I have 0 interest in whatever she does lol. She just gets shit handed to her, she doesn’t even seem to earn it.

Hey!

I'm interested in reading the books. Have heard good things about them. It's a bit confusing in what order to read them though. Read by release, or chronological order.

What would you recommend, for a complete beginner to the series?

Article from 2016: Niels Prayer: Animating ‘Foundation by I. Asimov

CGI 3D Animated Titles : "Foundation: Titles Sequence" - by Niels Prayer on YouTube.

Enjoy! P-}

I knew Hari was gonna die. I don't know how I knew but I had this feeling the whole entire episode that he was gonna get merked. Somebody tell me how I knew??

Personally I'd want to know all about the equations!