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Foundation and Earth

Foundation and Earth

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  • Author：Isaac Asimov
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Summary

Golan Trevize， former Councilman of the First Foundation， has chosen the future， and it is Gaia。 A superorganism， Gaia is a holistic planet with a common consciousness so intensely united that every dewdrop， every pebble， every being， can speak for all—and feel for all。 It is a realm in which privacy is not only undesirable， it is incomprehensible。

But is it the right choice for the destiny of mankind？ While Trevize feels it is， that is not enough。 He must know。

Trevize believes the answer lies at the site of humanity's roots: fabled Earth 。 。 。 if it still exists。 For no one is sure where the planet of Gaia's first settlers is to be found in the immense wilderness of the Galaxy。 Nor can anyone explain why no record of Earth has been preserved， no mention of it made anywhere in Gaia's vast world-memory。 It is an enigma Trevize is determined to resolve， and a quest he is determined to undertake， at any cost。

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Reviews

Frederics ，

Onestamente， un'occasione sprecata。 Quest'ultimo libro della saga doveva chiudere il cerchio e far confluire tutte le diramazioni della storia in un epilogo chiarificatore; un compito improbo che immagino fosse estremamente difficile。 La soluzione trovata qui è forse un po' troppo sempliciotta e accentratrice， ma tant'è。 Mi è sembrato come quando nei film nel finale si scopre che è stato tutto un sogno， stesso tipo di insoddisfazione e frustrazione provate per il finale di questa saga。 Per quant Onestamente， un'occasione sprecata。 Quest'ultimo libro della saga doveva chiudere il cerchio e far confluire tutte le diramazioni della storia in un epilogo chiarificatore; un compito improbo che immagino fosse estremamente difficile。 La soluzione trovata qui è forse un po' troppo sempliciotta e accentratrice， ma tant'è。 Mi è sembrato come quando nei film nel finale si scopre che è stato tutto un sogno， stesso tipo di insoddisfazione e frustrazione provate per il finale di questa saga。 Per quanto riguarda gli avvenimenti narrati nel libro ho avuto sentimenti contrastanti: ho odiato profondamente le parti sull'astronave con dialoghi ripetitivi e ridondanti， lente e inutili， facilmente sforbiciabili; tanto quanto ho amato le parti di esplorazione dei vari pianeti che， a mio avviso， sono state anche fin troppo abbozzate e avrebbero meritato un maggior numero di pagine per essere approfondite meglio。 。。。more

Patrik ，

Vähemmän psykaa， enemmän scifiä ja moraalikysymyksiä。 Suoraviivainen， muttta koukuttava。Aiempiin verrattuna teos oli monisanaisen yksityiskohtaisesti kirjoitettu， jopa pitkäveteinen， mutta useat eri scifi-miljööt olivat hauskoja， sekä 4 henkilön ympärillä pyörivä tarina selkeä ja kevyt lukea， ja suoraviivaisuudeessaan vähän koukuttavakin。 "Mihin he menevät seuraavaksi？" Kesän teemaan sopi tällainen tähän väliin。 Menee varmaan vuosi tai pari， ennen kuin aion lukea tämän jälkeen julkaistut esiosat Vähemmän psykaa， enemmän scifiä ja moraalikysymyksiä。 Suoraviivainen， muttta koukuttava。Aiempiin verrattuna teos oli monisanaisen yksityiskohtaisesti kirjoitettu， jopa pitkäveteinen， mutta useat eri scifi-miljööt olivat hauskoja， sekä 4 henkilön ympärillä pyörivä tarina selkeä ja kevyt lukea， ja suoraviivaisuudeessaan vähän koukuttavakin。 "Mihin he menevät seuraavaksi？" Kesän teemaan sopi tällainen tähän väliin。 Menee varmaan vuosi tai pari， ennen kuin aion lukea tämän jälkeen julkaistut esiosat， jotka sijoittuvat aikaan ennen ensimmäistä kirjaa。Loppuratkaisu on melkoisen lopullinen， ja （edeltävät kirjat tuoreessa muistissa） jokseekin ennalta-arvattava， kun palaset loksahtelivat paikalleen。 Scifi-kiintiö tältä erää täynnä。Asimovin muu-kuin-scifi-tuotanto alkoi kiinnostaa。。 。。。more

Basquepunk ，

Bastante relleno comparado con los anteriores。 Pero de lectura entretenida。

Fahim Abouelfadl ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Pros- revisiting Solaria， Aurora， etc and seeing how they’ve developed since the robot seriesCons- Bliss and Trevize’s constant bickering is repetitive and stale- whole story was a long winded way of getting to one conversation between Danil and Trevize。 Nothing that happened along the way really mattered - the usual aha moment at the end of foundation books was summarized in one sentence that wasn’t really informed by the adventures along the way

Ferenc ，

4/5 - Science Fiction5/5 - Space Opera3/5 - Characters5/5 - Story4/5 - Writing4。2/5 - Rating

H。 ，

*vomit*No stars…。Fallom is the most annoying character across all literature。 No one would disagree with this statement。The Trevize/Bliss conversations were the essence of poor writing。And poor Pelorat didn’t have enough tricks to be in a one trick pony show。This was a colossal waste of time and I pity the poor tree that died to make the paper。*vomit*

John Xiao ，

For anyone wanting to read this book， I would suggest looking at a spark notes summary of the book instead of treading through 500 pages of the last entry in the Foundation series。 I do have to admit that I meant to read Foundation and Empire but picked out this book instead on accident because， I mean， honestly， I can't be the only one who has made this mistake。 But given that this is the last entry in the series， it was a massive disappointment。 I don't even want to dive into many problems I t For anyone wanting to read this book， I would suggest looking at a spark notes summary of the book instead of treading through 500 pages of the last entry in the Foundation series。 I do have to admit that I meant to read Foundation and Empire but picked out this book instead on accident because， I mean， honestly， I can't be the only one who has made this mistake。 But given that this is the last entry in the series， it was a massive disappointment。 I don't even want to dive into many problems I thought this book had， subjective or objective。 The dialogues were stiff and awkward， the motivation of the characters seemed ill-defined。。。 I could not wait to be done with it， so I could go read something else。 In fact the pages of this book were the last thing I saw before I faded into hours-long naps on my couch， and I never take naps。 。。。more

Jason Rico ，

While the overall story is perhaps worthy of 4 stars， especially as an epilogue to his Robot series， the syereotypes and depictions of gender make this only a 3。5 read。

Adria Perez ，

El cierre de todo。 Totalmente inesperado。 Obligatorio。

Lucas Melo ，

O final surpreendente， dessa vez， não salva o restante da narrativa。O pior é q não é nem a narrativa em si。 A história， de maneira geral， é suficientemente interessante， o problema são as asimoviadas。Os livros dele falam de vários tópicos， mas quando eles envolvem qualquer coisa remotamente erótica a coisa vira um festival de vergonha alheia extremo。São tantas as cenas bizarras q fica difícil até escolher uma。 O fato do livro estar perto do final da saga tbm não ajuda pois acaba havendo um cansa O final surpreendente， dessa vez， não salva o restante da narrativa。O pior é q não é nem a narrativa em si。 A história， de maneira geral， é suficientemente interessante， o problema são as asimoviadas。Os livros dele falam de vários tópicos， mas quando eles envolvem qualquer coisa remotamente erótica a coisa vira um festival de vergonha alheia extremo。São tantas as cenas bizarras q fica difícil até escolher uma。 O fato do livro estar perto do final da saga tbm não ajuda pois acaba havendo um cansaço natural q prejudica em muito a obra。 。。。more

Lizolds ，

Cieszę się， że przypomniałam sobie całą tą historię。 Poszukiwanie Ziemi było ciekawe， podobało mi się czytanie o naszym układzie planetarnym jako o legendach i mitach。 Sam wątek rzekomej radioaktywności Ziemii jest świetny。 Jakie społeczeństwo byłoby w stanie tak zniszczyć świat nadający się do życia - a wiemy co aktualnie dzieje się z klimatem， zasobami wody。Część wątków była zaskakująca。 Ciężko sobie wyobrazić， że kiedy powstała ta książka nie byliśmy nawet na takim etapie rozwoju technologicz Cieszę się， że przypomniałam sobie całą tą historię。 Poszukiwanie Ziemi było ciekawe， podobało mi się czytanie o naszym układzie planetarnym jako o legendach i mitach。 Sam wątek rzekomej radioaktywności Ziemii jest świetny。 Jakie społeczeństwo byłoby w stanie tak zniszczyć świat nadający się do życia - a wiemy co aktualnie dzieje się z klimatem， zasobami wody。Część wątków była zaskakująca。 Ciężko sobie wyobrazić， że kiedy powstała ta książka nie byliśmy nawet na takim etapie rozwoju technologicznego jak teraz。Polecam。 。。。more

Corbin ，

Finally we make it to Earth！ While the journey getting there does provide some intrigue and there’s a huge， awesome twist at the end， this entry still isn’t a gripping read。 At times I had to force myself to get through it。 It’s on par with the rest of the series and better than some installments。

Sergej Zafiroski ，

Masterpiece

Reed MacDonald ，

This one is the longest in the foundation series， with quite a bit of monotonous conversational parts。 But， this book perfectly wraps up the series。 Asimov is the goat。

Ivan Koma ，

Ощущение что Азимову уже поднадоел этот цикл на данной книге， даже если судить из предисловия， он буквально намекает что написал через силу потому-что "попросили"Финал не особо понравился， особенно если до этого читнул Прелюдию， ожидаешь от Демерзеля чего-то невероятного， на деле ничегоЕдинственное что зацепило это разговоры о вторжении из другой Галактики， сразу же флешбеки к Тиранидам Ощущение что Азимову уже поднадоел этот цикл на данной книге， даже если судить из предисловия， он буквально намекает что написал через силу потому-что "попросили"Финал не особо понравился， особенно если до этого читнул Прелюдию， ожидаешь от Демерзеля чего-то невероятного， на деле ничегоЕдинственное что зацепило это разговоры о вторжении из другой Галактики， сразу же флешбеки к Тиранидам 。。。more

Burak Yaman ，

Nereye bağladın şimdi dayı？

David Slezák ，

Závěr celé série o Nadaci pokračoval přesně v duchu předchozího dílu。 Další ucelený román， který se na jednu stranu tváří dobrodružně， ale ve skutečnosti je stejně jako předchozí díly plně vystavěn na myšlenkách a dialozích。 Bohužel jakoby autorovi už došla šťáva， témata dialogů se velmi často opakují， až jsem měl pocit， že např。 Golan s Bliss mají tak dvě témata k rozhovoru a k nim se stále znovu a znovu vrací。 Vzhledem k tomu， že akce je v knize， co by se za nehet vešlo jsou opakované a nic ne Závěr celé série o Nadaci pokračoval přesně v duchu předchozího dílu。 Další ucelený román， který se na jednu stranu tváří dobrodružně， ale ve skutečnosti je stejně jako předchozí díly plně vystavěn na myšlenkách a dialozích。 Bohužel jakoby autorovi už došla šťáva， témata dialogů se velmi často opakují， až jsem měl pocit， že např。 Golan s Bliss mají tak dvě témata k rozhovoru a k nim se stále znovu a znovu vrací。 Vzhledem k tomu， že akce je v knize， co by se za nehet vešlo jsou opakované a nic nerozvíjející rozhovory postav （ke kterým jsem si ani za dvě knihy nenašel cestu a připadají mi stále neuvěřitelně ploché）。 Posádka lodi tvořená Golanem， Peloratem a Bliss se snaží v tomto díle najít Zemi， přičemž jde o jakousi variaci na Odysseu。 Navštěvují postupně různé planety a překonávají různé nástrahy a nebezpečí。 Bohužel návštěvy všech planet jsou velmi epizodní a střídají se jako na běžícím pásu， přičemž zrovna originální také nejsou。 Nicméně pořád je třeba dát knize kredit za těch několik zajímavých myšlenek， které předhazuje。 Rozhodně tady nečekejte žádný děj， na konci této knihy se nacházíme prakticky tam， kde končila kniha předchozí （a vlastně i ta předtím， protože ta minulá také skoro žádný děj neměla）。 Závěr byl pro mě naprostým zklamáním， ačkoliv nejspíš jen logické vyústění posledních dvou knih， přál jsem si něco trochu jiného。 Z mého pohledu v závěru některé z postav kompletně popřou i tu chabou charakteristiku， kterou měly。 Skoro do poslední stránky jsem doufal， že se dostaneme do zaběhnutých kolejí z první trilogie， ale to jsem se mýlil。 Z mého pohledu se jednalo jednoznačně o nejslabší díl celé série。 Možná jen proto， že už mě styl postavený na rozhovorech a nulové akci přestal bavit， ale hlavně proto， že první díly série byly daleko zajímavější， originálnější a hlubší。 Absence jakéhokoliv relevantního děje mé náladě také nepřidává。 Celkově mi poslední dva （nově dopsané） díly připadaly jako trochu zbytečné ždímání populárního produktu。 Dávám tomu pouze 2* a pokud se někdy rozhodnu číst Nadaci znovu， tak skončím jen u původní trilogie， kde podle mého názoru měl skončit i Asimov。 。。。more

Guenter ，

Loved the surprise ending and would have loved reading what happens next but alas this was the final book in the series。 Asimov has great ideas and knowledge of our marvellous universe and he weaves a good yarn。 Bonus - in this final book he upgrades the laws of robotics so all fans of his Robot series should read this one as well。 'nuff said。 Loved the surprise ending and would have loved reading what happens next but alas this was the final book in the series。 Asimov has great ideas and knowledge of our marvellous universe and he weaves a good yarn。 Bonus - in this final book he upgrades the laws of robotics so all fans of his Robot series should read this one as well。 'nuff said。 。。。more

Ben K ，

this was where Foundation completely lost my interest。。。hopefully the prequels are better but who knows if I'll ever get to them this was where Foundation completely lost my interest。。。hopefully the prequels are better but who knows if I'll ever get to them 。。。more

Mark ，

I was quite pleased with the Asimov spark in this book， weaving unique worlds of possibilities together into a coherent story full of surprises。 I read this after all the other Asimov series of books （save the Foundation prequels） and think the sort of nostalgia from all the cross references was the cherry on top for me。 Not the most iconic world building， but Asimov really tied together a lot of loose ends， and I enjoyed it。

matt ，

Love the Foundation series， but this one was a bit of a slog and Trevize was not a likable character and is weirdly chauvinist at times。 That said the ending is good and provides good closure to a great and classic series。

Jeffery Marshall ，

A poor end to the series。Don't get me wrong - the actual ending itself was fine。 The journey was not。 It fell off the rails involving rancid descriptions "not unripe" areolae， absolutely unnecessary and awful descriptions of breasts every other chapter， and space STDs that won't hurt you as long as you get off the planet。 Also the main character becomes a major asshole and dehumanizes a child。 Oh yeah， there's space hermaphrodites。How can such a great series end on such a low point with extremel A poor end to the series。Don't get me wrong - the actual ending itself was fine。 The journey was not。 It fell off the rails involving rancid descriptions "not unripe" areolae， absolutely unnecessary and awful descriptions of breasts every other chapter， and space STDs that won't hurt you as long as you get off the planet。 Also the main character becomes a major asshole and dehumanizes a child。 Oh yeah， there's space hermaphrodites。How can such a great series end on such a low point with extremely unlikeable one-dimensional characters？ They just act likes assholes and mope about a ship and never listen to each other and then apologize and then go back to being assholes with absolutely no character development whatsoever。 And mixed inbetween this you get the worst sentence ever put to print where Asimov describes some breasts as small but not unripe with large， dark areolae。 。。。more

Mihaela Chiriac ，

Extraordinary serie， which challenged my mind with new concepts， ideas and imagination！ More I discover great minds and books more I realise what an amazing specie we are， individuals with so many points of view， we should never say: That is it。 Learn， learn and then learn a little more。 I am so curious where we will be as a specie and planet 500， 1。000 years from now， 5。000 - can't even imagine。 How much of what we know today is valid， when it comes to the Universe？ And what will we discover / Extraordinary serie， which challenged my mind with new concepts， ideas and imagination！ More I discover great minds and books more I realise what an amazing specie we are， individuals with so many points of view， we should never say: That is it。 Learn， learn and then learn a little more。 I am so curious where we will be as a specie and planet 500， 1。000 years from now， 5。000 - can't even imagine。 How much of what we know today is valid， when it comes to the Universe？ And what will we discover / evolve into？ Great reading！ 。。。more

Jean-sébastien Goulet ，

A great direct sequel to Foundation's Edge。 It starts right where the last book left off。The story is as interesting as the book before and brings new elements to the already magnificent universe created by the author。 However， the story is a bit repetitive， even if it was necessary to reach the conclusion of this part of the story。 Some new worlds are explored and new characters come into play。I liked book 4 more， but it was still an excellent addition to the series and as usual， masterfully wr A great direct sequel to Foundation's Edge。 It starts right where the last book left off。The story is as interesting as the book before and brings new elements to the already magnificent universe created by the author。 However， the story is a bit repetitive， even if it was necessary to reach the conclusion of this part of the story。 Some new worlds are explored and new characters come into play。I liked book 4 more， but it was still an excellent addition to the series and as usual， masterfully written。 。。。more

Nathan ，

It was very satisfying to get to some level of conclusion here， even though I read this separate from the Robot series so there were some things I didn't have as much context on。 Asimov became a much better writer in the 30 years between the first 3 books and this one。 It was very satisfying to get to some level of conclusion here， even though I read this separate from the Robot series so there were some things I didn't have as much context on。 Asimov became a much better writer in the 30 years between the first 3 books and this one。 。。。more

Shubham Gautam ，

This one is gonna be a no for me。This is how I sum up this book: Man makes a decision。 Man panics over the decision。 Man goes on a long drive to find reasons for his decision。 Man comes to the same conclusion。 Throw in a bunch of random events that mean nothing and extremely repetitive arguments that will annoy the most patient of readers。 This is what this book is。 Unnecessary and boring。The most exciting part was when a bunch of wild dogs attack the protagonist。 I kept wishing they would just This one is gonna be a no for me。This is how I sum up this book: Man makes a decision。 Man panics over the decision。 Man goes on a long drive to find reasons for his decision。 Man comes to the same conclusion。 Throw in a bunch of random events that mean nothing and extremely repetitive arguments that will annoy the most patient of readers。 This is what this book is。 Unnecessary and boring。The most exciting part was when a bunch of wild dogs attack the protagonist。 I kept wishing they would just kill him and end his misery （and mine）。Foundation #5 skips everything that made the original trilogy shine。 There is no space politics， no strategizing， no real moment of tension。 Just a whole lot of hippie blah blah about Gaia and oneness。 Combined with #4， this is the worst arc of all the stories in the Foundation universe。 Just skip #4 and #5。 They invalidate everything in the original trilogy and add nothing of substance。 。。。more

Carl ，

The others are so good， but Asimov just tried too hard with this ending。 A disappointing finale。

Steven McIntyre ，

**** 4。6 STARS ****Foundation and Earth is the 14th （chronologically） and final Foundation Universe book; and what a great end to a great series。

Benjamín ，

Está mejor que el anterior pero sinceramente creo que se carga un poco el espíritu de la trilogía。 Aún así el libro en sí engancha bastante

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