Foundation and Earth
by Isaac Asimov · first published 1986
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Since the OP asked about books not authors my favourite book is "Foundation and Earth" (Isaac Asimov), "Childhood's End" (A.C. Clarke) and Solaris (Stainslaw Lem).
on “What are your favourite sci-fi books?” ↗…this month and finished already. It was an amazing amalgamation of thoughts on possibilities, human nature, the potential of technology and the meaning of life and how we fit into it (particularly in Foundation and Earth). My favorite part of reading the books though is realizing how things that seem impossible are always being made possible. Computers have evolved near to the point where they were in his foundation…
on “Isaac Asimov: Man of 7,560,000 Words (1969)” ↗…refer to the first three books (F, F&E, SF - which yes are technically collections of short stories glued together as one) as "the Foundation Trilogy". I do recommend reading the Foundation's Edge and Foundation and Earth, they're worthy sequels to the "trilogy". The Robot novels are also a top read and tie in with the later Foundation books in a satisfying way: - The Caves of Steel - The Naked Sun - The Robots of…
on “Ask HN: What books have you read in the first half of 2016?” ↗Wow, what a great question -- it seems like everyone here has been sitting on a wish list for a while. :) Here's one of mine: Ever since reading Foundation's Edge and Foundation and Earth as a kid, I've thought some elements of that story would make a great game. The player plays an archaeologist in the distant future trying to unravel the mysteries of humanity's origins -- a galaxy-scale…
on “Ask HN: What game do you wish existed?” ↗I'm on an Asimov binge right now. Just finished Foundation and Earth. So I jumped to the scifi section of the list and saw Ready Player One on there. I found that book mildly entertaining, but not a work of great literature, and certainly not mind expanding. I agree with…
on “Mind-expanding books” ↗…- Robert A. Heinlen The Martian - Andy Weir * Perelandra - C S Lewis Heretics of Dune - Frank Herbert (Unfinished, couldn't do it.) Nightfall - Isaac Asimov * Foundation's Edge - Isaac Asimov * Foundation and Earth - Isaac Asimov * Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert Heinlen * Information Doesn't Want to be Free - Corey Doctorow Currently Reading Engines of Creation: The Coming Era Of Nanotechnology - K. Eric…
on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2016?” ↗…like starting Game of Thrones at Season 7. It's not just "starting in the middle of a series", it's starting almost at the end...after the best part of the story is well in the rear-view mirror. IIRC, Foundation and Earth not only benefits from reading all of the Foundation books that came prior, but also all of Asimov's Robot books.
on “When “Foundation” Gets the Blockbuster Treatment, Asimov’s Vision Gets Lost” ↗You can see exactly the same with other authors. Asimov and J. K. Rowling, to pick two obvious candidates. Compare "Foundation" with "Foundation and Earth" or "Foundation's Edge". Or "The Philosopher's Stone" with "The Order of the Phoenix". The former were well-edited and succinct. The latter were overly long, in some cases sorely repetitive with large…
on “Ask HN: How to level up your technical writing?” ↗…disadvantage of trying to take what starts out as basically a future history sourcebook and turning it into a story, but the advantage of not having to retcon anything. There are already references to Foundation and Earth in the show. Do I love the show? No, but I like the show. Is it turning a cerebral almost action-free book series into an action epic? Yes, but so far it's been a smart action epic, and I'm okay with…
on “When “Foundation” Gets the Blockbuster Treatment, Asimov’s Vision Gets Lost” ↗A lot of stuff: Asimov's Foundation (I only recommend the trilogy, though; Foundation's Edge is good but will make you want to read Foundation and Earth, which does severe damage to the universe. Haven't read the prequels.) Asimov's short stories Tolkien Ben Hur The Count of Monte Cristo (brilliant revenge story) A lot of Brandon Sanderson's work…
on “Ask HN: What literature do you read?” ↗…Sheep Chase (Haruki Murakami) 10. Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage (Haruki Murakami) 11. Freedom TM (Daniel Suarez) 12. Lightning (Dean Koontz) 13. Daemons (Daniel Suarez) 14. Foundation and Earth (Isaac Asimov) 15. Something Wicked This Way Comes (Ray Bradbury) 16. Fear and Loathing in Las Veges (Hunter S. Thompson) 17. Foundation's Edge (Isaac Asimov) 18. The Doors of Perception (Aldous Huxley)…
on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2016?” ↗Well, Asimov on Fondation and Earth, put a ocean like planet on Alfa. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation_and_Earth
on “Orbital Determination for Proxima Centauri” ↗…Americans ... in space. But even then, Asimov's humans do change. The Earth culture of the Caves of Steel are different than the Spacer culture. As an even more direct counter-example, the Gaia project in Foundation and Earth is a deliberate attempt to make a different type of human. From https://asimov.fandom.com/wiki/Gaia "the human beings on Gaia, under robotic guidance, not only evolved their ability to form an ongoing…
on “Asimov's Foundation” ↗Does this title make anyone else's Asimov senses tingle? In the book "Foundation and Earth", the protagonists travel from planet Aurora to planet Earth.
on “Aurora, a foundation model for the Earth system” ↗A little off topic but I just finished Asimov’s “Foundation and Earth”. I’m so mad at him for tying it back to his Robots series. It completely diminishes the entire Foundation series.
on “Asimov and the Disease of Boredom (1964)” ↗