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octavia_cade 's review for:
The Foundation Trilogy
by Isaac Asimov
I read and reviewed the three books collected in this edition separately, so this is essentially just for my own records. The rating for the collection is the average of the star ratings I gave to the different books: Foundation earned four stars from me, while both Foundation and Empire and Second Foundation earned three.
There's no doubt that for me the first book is the star of the series, and as that series continues it just gets a bit less interesting (as is, to be honest, the case for most of the series I read - I wish authors would learn to leave well enough alone.) Basically, the initial concept is outstanding. I find the idea of psychohistory absolutely fascinating. But the characters hardly ever reach the same level of interest - as I commented in one of the reviews, when I can only manage to give a damn about one of a cast of a dozen or so, there's a problem - and the series just becomes more and more repetitive as it goes on.
There's no doubt that for me the first book is the star of the series, and as that series continues it just gets a bit less interesting (as is, to be honest, the case for most of the series I read - I wish authors would learn to leave well enough alone.) Basically, the initial concept is outstanding. I find the idea of psychohistory absolutely fascinating. But the characters hardly ever reach the same level of interest - as I commented in one of the reviews, when I can only manage to give a damn about one of a cast of a dozen or so, there's a problem - and the series just becomes more and more repetitive as it goes on.