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  • Filled with nail-biting suspense, nonstop action, and cutting-edge speculation, Foundation and Empire is the story of humanity's perpetual struggle against the darkness that forever threatens to overwhelm the light—and of how the courage of even a determined few can make all the difference in the universe.

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  • Filled with nail-biting suspense, nonstop action, and cutting-edge speculation, Foundation and Empire is the story of humanity's perpetual struggle against the darkness that forever threatens to overwhelm the light—and of how the courage of even a determined few can make all the difference in the universe.

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coronakid
I'd say that considering Asimov wrote this in 1950 (way before computers) he did an unbelievable job of creating a futuristic world. Is hyperspace not futuristic enough for you?

Foundation is a brilliantly imagined world.

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Quote from turbodog :
Pfffft. Not futuristic enough.
I'd say that considering Asimov wrote this in 1950 (way before computers) he did an unbelievable job of creating a futuristic world. Is hyperspace not futuristic enough for you?

Foundation is a brilliantly imagined world.
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Please read this and don't watch the show. It was absolute trash and nothing like this. Glad Apple ripped this work off and didnt even decide to be faithful to it Big Grin
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Quote from turbodog :
Come on man. It takes place only 10,000 years in the future. I want my Sci-Fi to be set at least 50,000 years in the future, preferably 100K+.
Wrong. Per Asimov, Foundation takes place around 50,000 years in the future. Hari Seldon was born in 47,000 CE.
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Quote from coronakid :
Wrong. Per Asimov, Foundation takes place around 50,000 years in the future. Hari Seldon was born in 47,000 CE.
Wooooosh.

I hadn't reviewed the precise Foundation series timeline in a while, but it has been well established in the books that the events of Foundation and Empire take place nearly 22,000 years in the future or about 23,853 AD - 23,949 AD.

Not futuristic enough for my taste.
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Bought!

Waiting for all the other Isaac Asimov content to go on sale too! I want all of it!!!

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Foundation is on Apple+. I made it some episodes in, but when they started to give backstories into flat characters I didn't care about, I stopped watching. In its defense, I think some of those characters are supposed to be self-obsessed and boring; sci-fi tends to be a desert of character development in the universe of literature.
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Great read. For the more frugal and patient SDers, most libraries have both physical and electronic copies available
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Quote from turbodog :
Come on man. It takes place only 10,000 years in the future. I want my Sci-Fi to be set at least 50,000 years in the future, preferably 100K+.
You think small. I want my SciFi to take place 4 billion years in the future. After the next big bang.
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You think small. I want my SciFi to take place 4 billion years in the future. After the next big bang.
Nice. Like an "Afterbang" type of thing. Needs a pitch meeting. Peace
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Quote from RickyE3678 :
You think small. I want my SciFi to take place 4 billion years in the future. After the next big bang.
Then read Liu Cixin.
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This is a great deal. Usually you can only find a discount on Foundation and the rest are 8 bucks.

Considering the time he wrote this Asimov did an incredible job of mostly not dating himself save for all the "tapes." It's really a timeless series IMO.
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Quote from RickyE3678 :
You think small. I want my SciFi to take place 4 billion years in the future. After the next big bang.
After "Young Sheldon", Sheldon grows up and is in the original "Big Bang", which is in the past, not 4 billion years in the future!

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Quote from ssg10587 :
Please read this and don't watch the show. It was absolute trash and nothing like this. Glad Apple ripped this work off and didnt even decide to be faithful to it Big Grin
I could not agree more. It's only like it superficially. I think they tried to broaden its appeal and ended up diluting it, it's obvious it's not made by a true fan of the series. They should have been more faithful like Dune not less like Cowboy Bepop.
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