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A review by minimalmike
Foundation's Edge by Isaac Asimov
4.0
Writing: 4.73
Story:4.83
Overall: 4.78
I've been reading this series for about a month now. I chose them because they beat out Tolkien' LOTR series for a Hugo award. I am a huge Tolkien fan so I had to see what series could ever pull off such a thing.
The foundation trilogy is impressive but not enough so to warrant beating LOTR. But upon completion of the 4th one, I've decided that this series is probably at least on par, and certainly better in some aspects. This is the one that really makes one go "wow, this man (Asimov) has a beautiful mind".
Though it's not completely fair to compare 4 books to 3, if we add the Silmarillion, it evens things up again.
The world Asimov created isn't as expansive and finely crafted as Tolkien's, but man, the dialogue is amazing. And the real cincher for me is the philosophical and scientific ideas he brings into the stories.
The only real critique I can think of right now is that the characters are too unrealistic. Almost every single character of consequence is intelligent and reasons things out as opposed to acting on emotion and we know that's not how human beings are.
Story:4.83
Overall: 4.78
I've been reading this series for about a month now. I chose them because they beat out Tolkien' LOTR series for a Hugo award. I am a huge Tolkien fan so I had to see what series could ever pull off such a thing.
The foundation trilogy is impressive but not enough so to warrant beating LOTR. But upon completion of the 4th one, I've decided that this series is probably at least on par, and certainly better in some aspects. This is the one that really makes one go "wow, this man (Asimov) has a beautiful mind".
Though it's not completely fair to compare 4 books to 3, if we add the Silmarillion, it evens things up again.
The world Asimov created isn't as expansive and finely crafted as Tolkien's, but man, the dialogue is amazing. And the real cincher for me is the philosophical and scientific ideas he brings into the stories.
The only real critique I can think of right now is that the characters are too unrealistic. Almost every single character of consequence is intelligent and reasons things out as opposed to acting on emotion and we know that's not how human beings are.