A review by olityr
Foundation and Earth by Isaac Asimov

adventurous informative mysterious reflective tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This book is more sexual than the rest of the series, though it never crossed the line into unreadable for me.

It was fun to have an even stronger connection to the Robot universe, including R. Daneel Olivaw showing up at the end.

Favorite Quotes:
  •  "You and I are eccentrics. We’re certainly not typical of the people living on Terminus. As for criminals, that’s a matter of definition. And if criminals are the price we must pay for rebels, heretics, and geniuses, I’m willing to pay it. I demand the price be paid."
  • "Rules, established with reason and justice, can easily outlive their usefulness as circumstances change, yet can remain in force through inertia. It is then not only right, but useful, to break those rules as a way of advertising the fact that they have become useless—or even actually harmful." 
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