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Dragged myself through the first one. Does this become good through the second and the third ones? Read his I Robot, and then detective trilogy, and I loved them. This thing appears simple and unappealing in comparison.

>> No.12929703

Has nobody read it? I hear it's his most known work.

>> No.12929709

If you didn't like the first, you won't like the second or third. I personally loved them - the first being my favorite. It was a different kind of story, to be sure.

>> No.12929711

>>12928715
if you didn't like the first one the later two are just more of the same with the plot moving forward

tl;dr its not for you

>> No.12929951

>>12929711
tldr

>> No.12930383

I haven't read anything with plainer, less interesting prose.

Interesting premises though.

>> No.12930395

y'all fags is spoiled if you think foundation is hohum

>> No.12930527

>>12930395
pynchon ruined me for c-grade wordsmiths
asimov is a tepid trickle of hard water in a moldy hotel shower
pynchon is a waterfall at a hotspring

>> No.12930568

>>12928715
Read it as a historical chronicle instead as of a novel. When "the mule" gets introduced to the story in book 2, the déroulement of events quickens considerably in my opionion, I'd advise to stick with it up until that point. If you're still bored by the story by then, listen to >>12929711

>> No.12930746

>>12928715

Book two is great and my favourite in the series. Worth reading for the twist with the clown.

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>>12928715
>>12929703
I tried it but ended up dropping it by the third or fourth twist. I just can’t get into sci-fi (or fantasy) which is a shame because I know Asimov and Dick have made some great philosophical works

>> No.12930861

>>12928715
It’s hard to enjoy because you don’t get to stay long enough for characters to develop. Character development is not possible with this series’ idea. It’s more about the multi generational aspect of dealing with each crises and the the awkwardness of buying into a calculus that can predict events in the future. There’s a certain amount of mental gymnastics you need to do to enjoy it at all. I found it very uninteresting and characters not enjoyable enough. Read through it anyway due to sunk cost fallacy. Wouldn’t recommend but also would say it’s definitely sci-fi catalog worthy.

>> No.12932156

I read them in chronological order, prelude has young hari seldon and a cool exploration of trantor. foundation is more about politics and stuff, I really liked it for showing the change of the situation over the hundreds of years immediately after seldon's predictions, dealing with breakaway petty kingdoms, the evolution of the population and bureaucratic structure of terminus, etc. I was kind of a sucker for the whole "guiding hand" thing, terminus using trickery and cleverness to maneuver everything around them.

>> No.12932180

No the fist book is the best.

>> No.12932259

Surprised you didn't like it. The ending of the third is good but not worth it if you hate the books.

Also recently read End of Eternity from him and I enjoyed it more, again it had a good ending and it's actually plausible that it happened (w/o giving away spoilers)

>> No.12932270

>>12930383
this is why I couldn't get through it. I couldn't comprehend how fucking boring what I was reading was. how it got published, how it was so famous.

>> No.12932279

>>12932270
It was written for old school nerds bro. You have probably burned out your dopamine systems with constant TV/Vidya/Phone so don't get it.

If you sit back and enjoy it and think about it, it's an amazing, epic read.

>> No.12932314

>>12932279
I don't own a television or phone and I don't play video games. maybe I'll read an abridgement sometime because that cracked dry prose isn't worth my time.

>> No.12932333

>>12932314
Nice bro, I take it back then. I personally liked the simplicity.

>> No.12932387

>>12932270
>how it got published, how it was so famous
It's sci-fi, brah. The genre operates with dramatically lower standards for writing skill- probably significantly more so at the time Foundation came out.