Foundation’s Edge

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Unsurpassed for their unique blend of nonstop action, daring ideas, and extensive world-building, the Foundation novels of Isaac Asimov are one of the great masterworks of science fiction. With extraordinary vision, they chronicle the struggle of a courageous group of men and women devoted to safeguarding humanity against an unyielding deluge of barbarism and warfare.

At last, the costly and bitter war between the two Foundations has come to an end. The scientists of the First Foundation have proved victorious; and now they return to Hari Seldon’s long-established plan to build a new Empire on the ruins of the old. But rumors persist that the Second Foundation is not destroyed after all – and that its still-defiant survivors are preparing their revenge.

Now two exiled citizens of the Foundation – a renegade Councilman and a doddering historian-set out in search of the mythical planet Earth…. and proof that the Second Foundation still exists.

Meanwhile, someone – or something – outside of both Foundations seems to be orchestrating events to suit its own ominous purpose. Soon representatives of both the First and Second Foundations will find themselves racing toward a mysterious world called Gaia and a final, shocking destiny at the very end of the universe!

Reviewer: Justin
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A marvelous sci-fi book with flowing twists and turns
Review: After reading the original trilogy, I found the second set of foundation books, this one was a wild ride of thought and intrigue leading to the climactic ending.

Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great book!
Review: This was an excellent read for any science fiction fan, and was immensely enjoyable as someone who has been making their way through this series. I really enjoy the way the narrative unfolds in this one. The twists and turns are at once obviously upcoming and hidden from view. It makes this book a real page turner, even more so than the first three books in the trilogy.

Reviewer: Sayel Cortes
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Surprising as usual, but a bit.. Inconsistent?
Review: As always, this Asimov book includes a drama where multiple complex actors hid the answer to the riddle.. Yet in this case the answer comes from an unexpected source… A bit breaking the complex relationships already in place. Still a creative story with a surprising ending

Reviewer: William S. Morris
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Looking for earth
Review: This book is obviously written a significant time after the foundation series had become a thing. The science was no longer out of date. The language as also update except for the history professor who sounded like a contemporary of HG Wells. The story moves along in a way that keeps one constantly interested in what’s next. The basic idea is that the mayor of terminus gets a thorn out of her side by sending him off on a quest to find the second foundation. She teams him up with a history professor on a quest to find the list origin planet of earth. They’re put on a cutting edge advanced space ship with the idea that they’ll never return. Well they never find earth or the second foundation, but they find Gaia (Greek for Terra). Seems Gaia has some unique aspects that it has successfully kept hidden until this terminus politician comes snooping around. This gets the mayor, the second foundation, and a few other people all in a dither. The end result is predictable, but still an amusing read.

Reviewer: Al Azose
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A soul-satisfying tale of galactic powers deciding on the fate of the Galaxy
Review: Warning: Spoiler Alert!It is 500 years after the establishment of the Foundation on the isolated planet of Terminus. The young and brash councilman, Golan Trevize, has been drawing the irritated attention of the Mayor of Terminus for his overt actions regarding his negative opinions of Hari Seldon’s “Plan”, and the existence of the Second Foundation. And this gets him exiled, along with a 52 year-old scholar of history and mythology, Janov Pelorat.Yet, it is a very strange exile. He is given a powerful computer-controlled spaceship with the ability to jump through hyperspace with ease, and a “mission” to search for “Earth”, the legendary planet of human origin. Meanwhile, Stor Gendibal, a brilliant and powerful speaker of the Second Foundation, still located on the planet Trantor, prior center of the Galactic Empire, proves to the First Speaker, that a group with mentalic powers greater than their own, are keeping the Seldon Plan on track with far greater accuracy than the Second Foundation could. He further points out that it is Golan Trevize, the councilman of the Foundation Federation, who is the inadvertent pawn of this “anti-mule” group.And so begins the incredible odyssey of Golan and Janov, as they bond together on their quest through the Galaxy to find Earth, but unknowingly to unravel a mystery which holds the fate of the entire Galaxy in their hands.There are a multitude of science fiction stories which describe starships speeding across the Galaxy, flitting from star to star or planet to planet, but most of them pay little attention to the details of what that interstellar travel must involve. Asimov, via the delightful and thoughtful conversations of his two protaganists of Golan and Janov, provide the readers with a truly appealing interchange between the two men as they become fast friends in the depths of space. And in that interchange, we are treated to the beautifully explained and articulated thoughts and trade secrets of space travel and mythology – and the “rules” of how to behave on a strange planet – of a time 20,000 years in the future.Asimov leaves us well entertained with his soul-satisfying climax, as the three “powers” in the Galaxy – the Foundation, the Second Foundation, and the “anti-mules” of the mysterious planet “Gaia” – meet in stalemate in space to let Golan Trevize decide the future fate of the Galaxy.

Reviewer: Lover of English
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Unsurpassed.
Review: Of all the science fiction stories that Asimov wrote, this and Robots of Dawn are the two best. Of course all of Asimov’s science fiction novels are stellar but in a stellar constellation these two are outstanding. The level of creativity here is marvelous.The Foundation Trilogy was great and I have read all three many times and enjoyed each on the fifteenth reading as much as on the first. Asimov is not a grand master for nothing. But Foundation’s Edge is so far above the first three on every level: especially characterization and plot development not to mention the fabulous ending. After Foundation’s Edge and Robots of Dawn Asimov went on to write another Robot novel and three more Foundation novels but they were rather disappointing. They were formulaic. I suppose every author that writes a series uses a formula but it doesn’t do to let the bones of the formula show through. In the fourth Robot novel and the three final Foundation novels the protagonist(s) travel to this place then that place then another place then a final place and the endings (except for Robots and Empire) don’t justify the time we’ve spent traveling from place to place. The creativity is gone. Which makes Foundation’s Edge all the more glorious. I can’t recommend this book highly enough.

Reviewer: Francisco Felix
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: O Isaac Asimov dos anos 80 tornou-se mais radical em sua análise do futuro da humanidade: não apenas a humanidade apenas pode sobreviver com a ajuda de um planejamento social central por uma elite (uma evolução do socialismo, ao que parece), mas agora existe a necessidade da visão de Gaia: a inteligência associada ao superorganismo planetário. A forma como Asimov encara o desafio da humanidade em ocupar o nosso planeta de forma sustentável, e não suicida? Uma visão interessante como resumo de uma obra, de uma vida. A visão ecossistêmica permite o final feliz para todo mundo? E a costura das outras “realidades paralelas” da sua obra em um único universo! Fabuloso! Nota final, Asimov parecia ter afinidade com a interpretação de muitos mundos da mecânica quântica.

Reviewer: Pablo Cafiso
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Typical Asimov work: absolutely amazing. Like all classical books, the language quality is excellent. A great way of cultivating the mind while enjoying a good read.

Reviewer: Rutwik sakhare
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: When you pick up an Isaac Asimov book, you’re always in for a treat. This is the fourth book of the Foundation Saga from the Master of Sci-fi. Here’s a summary and review:This book hits the ground running by immediately plunging the reader into the political intrigue of the two foundations in the backdrop of a suspiciously perfectly progressing Seldon Plan.The readers are introduced to the First Foundations’ highly advanced technology whose workings andimplied societal and cultural implications are astounding. The readers are also thoroughly introduced to the Second Foundation’s enormous and literally mind-bending psychic powers and the control they exert on the galaxy.In the middle of it all are two exiled First Foundationers; A bold and courageous councilman with uncanny intuition, and a shy and curiosity-driven historian/mythologist.It’s gratifying to read about formidable individuals laying out their elaborate plans within plans, thinking on their feet, and going head-to-head with invisible foes; all in the service of a greater good and sometimes personal gains.The book is a highly engaging page-turner with well-written characters, all of whom beautifully converge towards the resolution of the story via a sometimes convoluted but undeniably imaginative plot. The ideas and themes of technology, politics, free will, governance, etc, are thought-provoking without being preachy. And the world-building in the book is rich and complex.An immensely enjoyable book which is a testament to the author’s literary adeptness, imagination, foresight, and overall richness of the mind.

Reviewer: Mr. A. Jones
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Another classic from the master of Sci-Fi.

Reviewer: MidoriSumiRoma
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: In alcune prefazioni o in altri scritti collaterali Asimov dichiara di aver ricevuto forti pressioni per ampliare il ciclo della Fondazione. Forse originariamente, non voleva farlo, ma per nostra fortuna lo ha fatto e ha scritto un altro geniale capitolo di storie fantastiche.

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