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- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0586071113
- ISBN-13: 978-0586071113
- Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 11.2 x 2.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 240 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (99 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,407,768 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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3.0 out of 5 stars
a page-turner, but not memorable,
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This review is from: Prelude to Foundation (Mass Market Paperback)
This book wasn't that bad, but it wasn't great either. I never felt bored, and all the characters were mildly interesting. However, the story did seem a bit contrived, and as always, Asimovian logic doesn't make sense at times. However, I did enjoy all the exposition in the book, which is rare for science fiction. A book that has an exciting plot AND good dialogue is hard to find. I also enjoyed the twists at the end, which I didn't see coming.All in all, I wouldn't recommend this book to any sci-fi fan, but it was an enjoyable read.
4.0 out of 5 stars
I know why this is a classic...,
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This review is from: Prelude to Foundation (Mass Market Paperback)
This is the first book I read by the author Asimov. I know there are many more famous books from him like the Robots collections and Foundation. I picked this one for the first book simply because this is the first entry to the Foundation series, on a chronological sense. I must say surprisingly, this is a very easy-to-read (compare to Dune, Lord of the Ring, etc), but exciting, and full-of-surprises book. At times, it also gives us thoughful issues (e.g. can we 'predict' the future?), which is what we are anticipating from a sci-fi. I know from many many readers that Foundation is the best among all the volumes, but I can imagine that this is already an enjoyable read, I cannot imagine how exciting the Foundation book will be. It also thrills me to read all other series (Robot, Empire, etc) so as to get a full understanding of the history under Asimov's reign. I recommend this one to everyone who has never touch Asimov's work before.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Foundation of Foundation,
By Alaturka (Northport, NY USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Prelude to Foundation (Mass Market Paperback)
Although I am an Asimov fan, this book was disappointing. As he explained, the sole purpose for this volume was to connect the dots in his previous Foundation series, but I am not sure why that was necessary and why it had to be so dry.Much of the dialogues are contrived and contain Asimov's musings about food, society and state of the Galaxy thousands of years from now. It is interesting that he projects the kind of social injustices and class struggles that dominated our political discourse during the cold war decades that far into the future. This theme of challenge of maintaining social order is common in most of his works. It would be so depressing if that were really the case for future civilizations that have supposedly solved so many of the fundamental problems of humanity. The plot does have a few pleasant surprises, especially at the end and one also detects the innocent romanticism of Asimov throughout. I do not think it is a must to read this book to enjoy the other books in the series; they were all very well done and memorable on their own.
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