One word of caution to readers/listeners to Asimove's style. Again, a classic and so very well performed by Scott Brick. I just cannot recommend the Foundation stories highly enough. I was quite impressed with the reader and also very impressed that he seems to be the reader for all books in the series so we gain the continuity of the presentation. Quite obviously, I had no doubt about Asimov as I've have been a reader of his for over 50 years now. A few months ago, I noticed 'Prelude to Foundation' when browsing through Audible to find my next 'listen.' I also decided to download the rest of the series so I could go through it all again in sequential order.

I have always recommended Asimov to friends and acquaintances as a 'classic' to be be read by all Sci-Fi fans. Later, as he added volumes to the Foundation series, I would grab up every Foundation book as they came out, ending with Foundation and Earth in 1986. I first read Asimov's original Foundation Triology Back in the early 60's. In Foundation, Asimov has written a timely and timeless novel of the best - and worst - that lies in humanity, and the power of even a few courageous souls to shine a light in a universe of darkness. The Foundation novels of Isaac Asimov are among the most influential in the history of science fiction, celebrated for their unique blend of breathtaking action, daring ideas, and extensive worldbuilding. To preserve knowledge and save humankind, Seldon gathers the best minds in the Empire - both scientists and scholars - and brings them to a bleak planet at the edge of the galaxy to serve as a beacon of hope for future generations. But only Hari Seldon, creator of the revolutionary science of psychohistory, can see into the future - to a dark age of ignorance, barbarism, and warfare that will last thirty thousand years. The epic saga that inspired the Apple TV+ series Foundation, now streaming. Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read.įor 12,000 years the Galactic Empire has ruled supreme. The first novel in Isaac Asimov’s classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation series

Foundation by isaac asimov 1951