Foundation Trilogy
by Isaac Asimov
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Author: Isaac AsimovEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1992-11
ISBN: 0553628747
Publisher: Bantam Dell Pub Group (Trd)
Book Reviews of Foundation Trilogy
Book Review: Fun, *epic* sci-fi that Lucas and chums are indebted to
Summary: 5 Stars
George Lucas and Steven Spielberg are famous for saying that the special effects in their movies are just to advance the action and it's the STORY that's the thing. Here's a writer who means it. Asimov's remarkable Foundation Trilogy is most remarkable in the way most of the drama happens "off-stage" so to speak. An empire falls, the Foundation expands, territories are conquered, dictators put to rest, all without anyone hardly firing a shot. Rather we get characters and situations that requiring thinking to get out of them. Yet this is no dry academic exercise in writing, but a page-turner all the way. The folks who write sci-fi today, especially in movies, could do well to take a look at how Asimov works his magic. Maybe we'd get more films of imagination and fewer that are all pyrotechnics. And maybe George Lucas and Steven Spielberg and others might someday produce something interesting again. The only reason for a rating lower than 10 is the fact that there is a curious emotional detatchment in the book. Some parts that should be highly emotional (Arkady's flight from the lord and lady) aren't. And we never get past many character's left brains to explore their right. But otherwise this book truly deserves the oft-abused word "classic." That is is out of print is simply unbelievable.
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