A review by kinddog2073
Foundation by Isaac Asimov

Did not finish book. Stopped at 75%.
I picked this up entirely because it was reverently referenced in Liu Cixin's The Dark Forest and I wanted to understand the context of the reference. The reference made sense within the first 2 stories of the book and I wish I had set it down then. It is clear that Liu took a great deal of influence from this book in his own story of political machinations and behaviour prediction. That influence is clear in the last two of the  Rememberances trilogy. Unfortunately I enjoyed Liu Cixin's writing and narration far more. Asimov might just not be for me, even ignoring his obvious misogynistic blindspots. I regret reading as much as I did of this and considered finishing it (only 50 pages left) but life is too short to read something you're just not that interested in and I have other books I am eager to jump into.
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