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Definitely worth the wait!
(My inner child would want a Disney 2D film!)
Definitely worth the wait!
(My inner child would want a Disney 2D film!)
I wish it was that simple bro!
The hardcover has a proper dimension, not too small not too big.
Very cute graphic!
I wish it was that simple bro!
The hardcover has a proper dimension, not too small not too big.
Very cute graphic!
This is the second time I read this book, after about five years, and for the first time in English.
I had forgotten all about the plot twist.
It kinda bothers me that Asimov didn't consider any "digital paperwork" or "security camera"s, like brooooo, haven't you read 1984?! It's okay to use that idea when you're writing about the Earth 12000 years in the future!!!
But since it's his first novel and it's very much ahead of its time, and written before the whole Foundation series and 30 years before him actually binding his books into a series, I turn a blind eye on this one.
And also because civilizations rise and fall like the Burnt City of Persia and Mesopotamia. That's how many things have to be rediscovered and reinvented every time, unfortunately.
Asimov's sexual fantasies of young beautiful women is not that strong here thank god.
The plot is everything. The characters are not cool though.
AND OMG I FINALLY FINISHED THIS BOOK NOW I CAN GO TO FOUNDATION SERIES I CAN'T WAIT
This is the second time I read this book, after about five years, and for the first time in English.
I had forgotten all about the plot twist.
It kinda bothers me that Asimov didn't consider any "digital paperwork" or "security camera"s, like brooooo, haven't you read 1984?! It's okay to use that idea when you're writing about the Earth 12000 years in the future!!!
But since it's his first novel and it's very much ahead of its time, and written before the whole Foundation series and 30 years before him actually binding his books into a series, I turn a blind eye on this one.
And also because civilizations rise and fall like the Burnt City of Persia and Mesopotamia. That's how many things have to be rediscovered and reinvented every time, unfortunately.
Asimov's sexual fantasies of young beautiful women is not that strong here thank god.
The plot is everything. The characters are not cool though.
AND OMG I FINALLY FINISHED THIS BOOK NOW I CAN GO TO FOUNDATION SERIES I CAN'T WAIT
(The cover design still irrelevant! Why?! WHY?)
GREAT GALAXY!
I DID IT! I FINALLY READ THE MAIN TRILOGY! SIZZLING SATURN! (2 more books still left of the greater series of the Robot-Foundation!)
I'm not very good at guessing mysteries because of my trust issues and that I expect anything from anyone. I learned it the hard way, and through this great series (with this book being the 15th one), to unlearn guessing mysteries of a story that its focus isn't necessarily a detective story but a sociological story. I let the mysteries get unraveled before me. Of course some of the mysteries of the main trilogy were known to me by reading the 2 prequels (chronological order) but that didn't take the fun of it, partly due to the 15 years yearning to find these books and partly because of the passion I've always had for space and sci-fi.
I haven't read many mystery books but have watched a great deal of movies and series focused on mystery and crime. With all that, the mysteries of the great series of Robot-Foundation are still unique to me.
I gotta take 0.5 star because of the primitive technology on Terminus. I expected Terminus to be way more than this in year 377!
And wait, what happened to the Time Vault? Was it destroyed by The Mule???
Man! I wish there were more stories like this! Just because the Second Foundation took over and there will be times of peace and the new empire, it doesn't mean there aren't any stories to tell! I know I know, I'm being desperate and needy haha. He stopped at the right stop.
I do hope the 2 sequels are as good as the prequels! Let's gooooooo! Foundation's Edge!
(The cover design still irrelevant! Why?! WHY?)
GREAT GALAXY!
I DID IT! I FINALLY READ THE MAIN TRILOGY! SIZZLING SATURN! (2 more books still left of the greater series of the Robot-Foundation!)
I'm not very good at guessing mysteries because of my trust issues and that I expect anything from anyone. I learned it the hard way, and through this great series (with this book being the 15th one), to unlearn guessing mysteries of a story that its focus isn't necessarily a detective story but a sociological story. I let the mysteries get unraveled before me. Of course some of the mysteries of the main trilogy were known to me by reading the 2 prequels (chronological order) but that didn't take the fun of it, partly due to the 15 years yearning to find these books and partly because of the passion I've always had for space and sci-fi.
I haven't read many mystery books but have watched a great deal of movies and series focused on mystery and crime. With all that, the mysteries of the great series of Robot-Foundation are still unique to me.
I gotta take 0.5 star because of the primitive technology on Terminus. I expected Terminus to be way more than this in year 377!
And wait, what happened to the Time Vault? Was it destroyed by The Mule???
Man! I wish there were more stories like this! Just because the Second Foundation took over and there will be times of peace and the new empire, it doesn't mean there aren't any stories to tell! I know I know, I'm being desperate and needy haha. He stopped at the right stop.
I do hope the 2 sequels are as good as the prequels! Let's gooooooo! Foundation's Edge!
Oh wow we finished it!(Jeff Bridges's tone:) End of line man!While reading the first hundred pages, I talked to a cool book-reader lady about how much I dislike this book because of the misogynistic characters. She said: “By reading the books of that era of how casual misogyny was and how women could only do what was expected of them, like being the servant of the husband, you see what kind of motive men had to create a robot.”Her words struck me. I decided to keep on reading and reminded myself that:1) Humans are accustomed to their evolution. Anything else is uncomfortable to them.2) Society moves much slower than technology. Up to this very moment of 2024, our world is still patriarchal and misogynistic.The story pace was awfully slow. It dragged me like a prisoner whose ankle was tied to the ankle of a camel in a desert. The camel didn't walk much and the heat got worse every minute.I know I had been waiting for the sci-fi parts but when the story did reach them in Book 4, they were horribly long and disinteresting. Just like how water is merely a mirage in the desert.I don't think I have ever skipped such long explanations in a book. The Edison guy couldn't shut up.I know, I know, I bought the book because of the first use of the word “android”, but more importantly, Edison's and that English guy's motive hasn't changed in 138 years. Their dream is finally coming true in 2024. They would have cried in joy seeing sex robots; One of the many reasons why “Incel becoming scientist” is the extreme danger and produces Viktor Frankenstein from [b:Frankenstein 12974171 Frankenstein Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1546419388l/12974171.SY75.jpg 4836639]. Beware!And so, 4 minutes of silence for Mrs. Anderson, Hadaly, Alicia and Evelyn.P.S.: The university of Illinois printed this book on acid-free papers, which is a shame! The papers are awesome and I could draw stuff on them happily if most of them were empty!!!! (Wtf with this cover image?!)
Oh wow we finished it!(Jeff Bridges's tone:) End of line man!While reading the first hundred pages, I talked to a cool book-reader lady about how much I dislike this book because of the misogynistic characters. She said: “By reading the books of that era of how casual misogyny was and how women could only do what was expected of them, like being the servant of the husband, you see what kind of motive men had to create a robot.”Her words struck me. I decided to keep on reading and reminded myself that:1) Humans are accustomed to their evolution. Anything else is uncomfortable to them.2) Society moves much slower than technology. Up to this very moment of 2024, our world is still patriarchal and misogynistic.The story pace was awfully slow. It dragged me like a prisoner whose ankle was tied to the ankle of a camel in a desert. The camel didn't walk much and the heat got worse every minute.I know I had been waiting for the sci-fi parts but when the story did reach them in Book 4, they were horribly long and disinteresting. Just like how water is merely a mirage in the desert.I don't think I have ever skipped such long explanations in a book. The Edison guy couldn't shut up.I know, I know, I bought the book because of the first use of the word “android”, but more importantly, Edison's and that English guy's motive hasn't changed in 138 years. Their dream is finally coming true in 2024. They would have cried in joy seeing sex robots; One of the many reasons why “Incel becoming scientist” is the extreme danger and produces Viktor Frankenstein from [b:Frankenstein 12974171 Frankenstein Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1546419388l/12974171.SY75.jpg 4836639]. Beware!And so, 4 minutes of silence for Mrs. Anderson, Hadaly, Alicia and Evelyn.P.S.: The university of Illinois printed this book on acid-free papers, which is a shame! The papers are awesome and I could draw stuff on them happily if most of them were empty!!!! (Wtf with this cover image?!)
Why was the cover design so irrelevant?!
The influence of WWII nuclear weapons are all over the Foundation trilogy.
These people just don't stop smoking even if the world is going to fall around them!!
Finally, a female character who actually makes a difference in the course of the story and isn't sexualized on every page but merely 5 times at max!!
Man, I guessed right who the antagonist is at the very first moment but Asimov misled me successfully. Shame :)))))
It's interesting how Asimov introduces something new that one might think it's fixed and always true, and then he himself introduces an exception. He's done this in the short stories with Susan Calvin.
Very much liked the idea of influencing emotions and so the reasoning and actions of people are influenced by the new layer of emotions. So cool!
This rollercoaster was fun. Jumping to the next, the promised one! Second Foundation!
Why was the cover design so irrelevant?!
The influence of WWII nuclear weapons are all over the Foundation trilogy.
These people just don't stop smoking even if the world is going to fall around them!!
Finally, a female character who actually makes a difference in the course of the story and isn't sexualized on every page but merely 5 times at max!!
Man, I guessed right who the antagonist is at the very first moment but Asimov misled me successfully. Shame :)))))
It's interesting how Asimov introduces something new that one might think it's fixed and always true, and then he himself introduces an exception. He's done this in the short stories with Susan Calvin.
Very much liked the idea of influencing emotions and so the reasoning and actions of people are influenced by the new layer of emotions. So cool!
This rollercoaster was fun. Jumping to the next, the promised one! Second Foundation!
Why was the cover design so irrelevant?!
The influence of WWII nuclear weapons are all over the Foundation trilogy.
These people just don't stop smoking even if the world is going to end around them!!
Finally, a female character who actually makes a difference in the course of the story and isn't sexualized on every page but merely 5 times at max!!
Man, I guessed right who the antagonist is at the very first moment but Asimov misled me successfully. Shame :)))))
It's interesting how Asimov introduces something new that one might think it's fixed and always true, and then he himself introduces an exception. He's done this in the short stories with Susan Calvin.
This rollercoaster was fun. Jumping to the next, the promised one! Second Foundation!
Why was the cover design so irrelevant?!
The influence of WWII nuclear weapons are all over the Foundation trilogy.
These people just don't stop smoking even if the world is going to end around them!!
Finally, a female character who actually makes a difference in the course of the story and isn't sexualized on every page but merely 5 times at max!!
Man, I guessed right who the antagonist is at the very first moment but Asimov misled me successfully. Shame :)))))
It's interesting how Asimov introduces something new that one might think it's fixed and always true, and then he himself introduces an exception. He's done this in the short stories with Susan Calvin.
This rollercoaster was fun. Jumping to the next, the promised one! Second Foundation!