Sunday, May 22, 2011

Foundation by Isaac Asimov

I really enjoy this novel, which introduces the Seldon Plan and shows the Foundation's rise to power as it deals with a series of crises. Despite the changing protagonists (the book covers hundreds of years), the book really draws the reader in and makes the reader care about the development of the Foundation. Further, while the stories could quickly become formulaic or repetitive, Asimov avoids that problem and manages to reflect quite a bit on the nature of free will.

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