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A review by sociotom
The Stars, Like Dust by Isaac Asimov
3.0
This book kind of makes me sad. I like Asimov. I like his writing a solid amount. I loved the Foundation Trilogy, and even liked the Second Foundation trilogy well enough. But this book does not belong to either of those.
In of itself, it is not a bad story. But it is not standalone - it's a prequel to the Foundation series, taking place before even Pebble in the Sky. It's a decent mystery story, with some intrigue, but it begins to fall a little flat when some of the same stuff that happened in the Second Foundation trilogy starts happening here (a search for a lost planet, the only woman falling in love with the MC, etc etc). The ending was decent enough, although the final lines were unnecessarily cheesy.
Because it's Isaac Asimov, "The Stars, Like Dust" is worth reading if you want something to not take seriously. But other than that, it's not really worth going out of your way for. Although he wrote his own Author's Biography at the end, and that's actually really funny.
In of itself, it is not a bad story. But it is not standalone - it's a prequel to the Foundation series, taking place before even Pebble in the Sky. It's a decent mystery story, with some intrigue, but it begins to fall a little flat when some of the same stuff that happened in the Second Foundation trilogy starts happening here (a search for a lost planet, the only woman falling in love with the MC, etc etc). The ending was decent enough, although the final lines were unnecessarily cheesy.
Because it's Isaac Asimov, "The Stars, Like Dust" is worth reading if you want something to not take seriously. But other than that, it's not really worth going out of your way for. Although he wrote his own Author's Biography at the end, and that's actually really funny.