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A review by thurminator
Foundation and Earth by Isaac Asimov
3.0
5/10.
This should have been called Foundation and Robots. The ending explains things well enough I suppose. The Robots series lends itself well to the way things went here, but it was distressing to see the entire premise behind the superior work, Foundation, completely dismantled and explained away at the cost of both series being wrapped up at the same time. I'd much rather have continued to see how the Foundation and Second Foundation dealt with more events during the 1,000 year plan, culminating in the fulfillment of Hari Seldon's plan after much struggle and calculation. It would have been better than this tie-in thing. The re-introduction of robots at some point would have served as a fun and interesting callback in later Foundation novels, but didn't need to become the hinge upon which all of Asmiov's major novels swing.
This book in and of itself is good enough, but succumbs to too many sci-fi tropes. It was the longest book so far in the series, and I was very ready for it to be done by the time I got there. It has plenty of enjoyable portions and elements of Asimov's writing that I do enjoy thoroughly, but I felt like he didn't quite stick the landing with this one.
This should have been called Foundation and Robots. The ending explains things well enough I suppose. The Robots series lends itself well to the way things went here, but it was distressing to see the entire premise behind the superior work, Foundation, completely dismantled and explained away at the cost of both series being wrapped up at the same time. I'd much rather have continued to see how the Foundation and Second Foundation dealt with more events during the 1,000 year plan, culminating in the fulfillment of Hari Seldon's plan after much struggle and calculation. It would have been better than this tie-in thing. The re-introduction of robots at some point would have served as a fun and interesting callback in later Foundation novels, but didn't need to become the hinge upon which all of Asmiov's major novels swing.
This book in and of itself is good enough, but succumbs to too many sci-fi tropes. It was the longest book so far in the series, and I was very ready for it to be done by the time I got there. It has plenty of enjoyable portions and elements of Asimov's writing that I do enjoy thoroughly, but I felt like he didn't quite stick the landing with this one.