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Today I was listening to "The Indicator" podcast and the topic introduced two economists who were inspired to go into economics because they had loved Foundation and wanted to use Math to change the world. At the end of the podcast the hosts said that they wondered who of the new generation of...

Hi there everyone! New Asimov fan here, I've gotten into the Foundation series this year and have just started Second Foundation (no series spoilers please! :) ) and this is the set that I have of the series so far. I've done a lot of searching trying to complete this set with the sequels &...

CLARKE is a better fiction writer ,Asimov is really good at non-fiction .

Which then is the greater in terms of their impact and influence upon Science fiction not only literature but all other mediums as well. Foundation or Dune ?:) And which of them do you think , is the better overall writer?:) Thoughts ?

Not only Asimov's 100th, but also, approximately, Foundations' 80th. Between 1940 and 1950 Asimov wrote the Foundation Trilogy... under the mentor-ship of John W Campbell on the pages of Astounding Science Fiction Magazine. Foundation is essentially big-thinks-domesticated space opera, about as...

After years in development hell it looks like this may actually happen. Not HBO, but maybe that's for the best. ‘Foundation’: Apple Gives Series Order To Adaptation Of Isaac Asimov’s Sci-Fi Classic From David Goyer & Josh Friedman

Who of you is familiar with Currents of Space? Would you like my comments on the holes I find in plot/descriptions?

The Second Foundation is a book in two very separate parts; in the first The Mule is still trying to find the second foundation and dispatches a new mission to search for it with two very different people sharing command – one ‘converted’ and one not – and in the second a group of people from...

Did anyone else really like the descriptions of the powers the Second Foundation had and the way politics were carried out among mind-readers? Has anyone read fiction that incorporates similar ideas (guarding minds, slight mental manipulation, auras) that they really like?

I first read and loved this trilogy as a young kid the best part of 50 years ago; I distinctly remember loving it and being hugely disappointed there weren’t any more books (it would be some years before Asimov wrote the prequels and sequels that are generally viewed much less highly). I don’t...

I am selling my deceased fathers Asimov book collection , I count 182 in total, about half and half paperback and hard back, my dad was very thrifty and got them all from used book shops, I doubt are any rare ones in there. Can any one advise on the value sold as a lot ? My best guess is £100.

I just finished reading "Pebble in the Sky" by Isaac Asimov, while at the same time I began listening to "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" by H.P. Lovecraft, read by the Cthulu and Friends Podcast. What a contrast in writing styles. I've read multiple people on the Chrons state their affection for...

I haven't read any Asimov, but heard an episode of this new dramatisation while I was driving and was completely gripped. Anyone else been listening to it? The previous episodes are still available on i-player. BBC Radio 4 - 15 Minute Drama, Isaac Asimov's I, Robot I think it was the...

So I finished Foundation's Edge. Admittedly, even though the Foundation Series has easily become my favorite space opera one, I haven't finished... I know, I'm a faker. No, honestly, these books are loosely connected and they're individually exciting. So, question which may bring spoilers; what...

How would anyone actually pull this off? A series that spans several thousand years just seems very difficult to accomplish. I mean, I suppose it could take place similarly to Star Trek in the form of individual episodes, but I'm not even sure that would work. So let's problem solve here. If...

Hello. I'm reading Foundation and Empire for the first time and something is disturbing me. In the chapter 'To Trantor' Barr and Devers decide to go to Trantor for an audience with the Emperor so they can give him a message. The following chapter, 'On Trantor', begins with a description of the...

Will Isaac Assimov's "Last Question" break any rules against discussion of religion on this community?

I am currently doing a research project into the possible engineering of Asimov's robots in books such as I, Robot. I was wondering if you would take a little time to take part in this survey at (www).[SURVEY].co.uk/r/QKJJYYN (take out the brackets) all responses are anonymous. If you would...

In the far future psychologist Hari Seldon creates the new science of Psychohistory, applying the principles of psychology on a grand scale to the whole of society and using them to accurately predict the future of that society. Seldon predicts the fall of the great galactic empire and using the...

Would you say the Susan Calvin series by this author are set directly after Asimov's I, Robot?