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Foundation by Isaac Asimov

tal42levy's review against another edition

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adventurous hopeful inspiring medium-paced

3.5

endnull's review

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reflective

3.75

nnmtt's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

allnee's review against another edition

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adventurous hopeful fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

crass_mann's review against another edition

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adventurous inspiring mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

jennepher's review against another edition

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3.0

Al principio super super bien pero los saltos de 50 años hizo q fuese dificil de entender y conectar con la historia. Ademas cada crisis parecia exactamente igual q la anterior, disfruté mucho de la ingenuidad de las primeras pero hacia el final se hizo cansino. Me costo bastante terminar las ultimas 50 paginas

emilyb_chicago's review against another edition

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3.0

Not exactly what I expected of this often referenced science fiction. Barely connected short stories that talk about lives and have little action or even concrete science to pin down the fiction. Enjoyable however. Glad I finally got around to reading them!

lizziecz's review against another edition

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Didn’t keep my interest.

tomasthanes's review against another edition

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2.0

This book is extremely dated. Even though it was written in 1951, it's hard to believe that people believed that much in psychology that, even coupled with mathematics, that it could understand human nature well enough to predict events 1000 years into the future. Not very plausible.

Along with this was Asimov's apparent belief that all religions were manufactured out of nothing to server some political or proto-technological purpose. This view is very ignorant of history.

bongotayla's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5