Foundation

4.5 stars

What people often get wrong about sci-fi is that its never about the robots and rocket ships and AI. Though they are a common motif, thematically sci-fi has always been an examination of humanity.

Foundation is a perfect testament to this idea. It's scope is large and ambitious spanning multiple ideas, most notably faith (not necessarily religious but to authority), fatalism, and human nature.

It's a thorough examination of the changing of times and the passing on of power and it's impact on the landscape of human society.

But it's not without its missing pieces. For example, the lack of representation of women let alone any other minority is a giant oversight. It's nice to believe a field such as psychohistory can accurately predict events so far into the future, however I can't help but feel it's has large blindspots that would work against it in the real world. Still, it is an effective piece of fiction and I'm not going to hold realism against it.

Overall thoroughly enjoyable, pretty fun, definitely will read the next in the series.