/lit/ - Literature

A week ago I saw the trailer for the Foundation TV series and it looked awful, but that reminded me that the trilogy was my favorite books as a teenager, so I've been rereading them. So far I've read "Foundation" and "Foundation and Empire".
The first book is far worse than I remember, the first two stories are intriguing but after that it becomes self-defeating and boring, the Foundation is supposed to triumph over the Kingdoms because of historical necessity, when in the end it wins because Salvor Hardin and Hober Mallow are smug smart assholes and everyone else are retarded.
Foundation and Empire, on the other hand, is still great. The General finally shows the Seldon Plan in action, and The Mule is exciting and full of cool twists.