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14186051 No.14186051 [Reply] [Original]

Reading Isaac Asimov's Foundation as a woman has been HARD. I know there are cultural considerations to the time this was written, but man, this has been a tough book to get through. It's annoying to think that in all the possible futures one could imagine for the human race, he couldn't fathom one where women are more than just baby machines. I thought it was bad not having a single female character, but when I got about 3/4 through to find that, in fact, the one and only woman mentioned is a nagging wife easily impressed by shiny jewelry, I gave up all together. Maybe there is some redemption at the end, but I will never know I guess.

>> No.14186056

Obvious bait. Grow up.

>> No.14186069
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>>14186051
Very obvious bait. Anyway, it was not written for girls.

>> No.14186074

>>14186051
Yes you will never know, everyone hates women, don't even bother to read the trilogy you posted til the end, just give up, based, honestly.

>> No.14186083

>>14186051
This is currently a hot post from r/books.

>> No.14186107

>>14186083
ok, very interesting

>> No.14186125

I recently abandoned Foundation because it's boring and silly and I realized I should just be reading decline and fall of the Roman Empire. Is there any reason to read this dull, goofy space romp?
I do like his short stories.

>> No.14186542

>That one short story where they fuck up the programming and make a retarded robot but the cold independent woman suddenly becomes a dotting mother

>> No.14186558

>>14186125
It's not about the decline of the empire, it's about the premise that mathematics and sociology advance to the point that we can predict the path of societies.
It's taking an far fetched idea and exploring the implications. That's the core of science fiction.