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illustratus · 2 years

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Trantorian Dream by Michael Whelan

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blightowl · 2 years

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If you want to read Asimov’s Foundation series, here is some info on the series plus my recommendations!

(The whole shebang is under the cut :3)

There are seven books overall, with The Foundation Trilogy, two Sequels, and two Prequels.

The Foundation Trilogy

Foundation (1951)

Foundation and Empire (1952)

Second Foundation (1953)

Summary: The Galatic Empire has existed for over ten thousand years, and for its Emperor and citizens, there's every confidence it will continue forever. Only mathematician Hari Seldon and his associates know the dire reality: the Empire is dying. Using the advanced mathematics called “psychohistory,” Seldon predicts the Empire's fall and the era of devastating barbarism that will follow. In order to reduce that inevitable dark age from 30,000 years to just 1,000, Seldon establishes two Foundations, guided by psychohistory, at opposite ends of the galaxy.

Sequels

Foundation’s Edge (1982)

Foundation and Earth (1986)

Summary: Former Naval officer and Terminus Council member Golan Trevize, along with his companions, search for the origins of humanity - the planet where humans evolved.

Prequels

Prelude to Foundation (1988)

Forward the Foundation (1993)

Summary: This is the history of Hari Seldon - leading up to the events of Foundation (1951). With unlikely and unlooked for help, Seldon develops psychohistory to the level needed to enact the Seldon Plan (as it would later be known) and establish the two Foundations.

As with many early SF works, Asimov wrote the content of Foundation as short stories that were published in SF magazines. In 1951, those short stories were compiled and published as the first book in the series, Foundation.

First, Asimov wrote The Foundation Trilogy, and it was hugely popular. About 30 years after the trilogy was published, Asimov’s publishers persuaded him to answer the call from fans for more Foundation content. Asimov got to work and produced the two Sequels and then the two Prequels.

Okay so here’s what I recommend:

(Remember, these are only my opinions! Take from them only what you will, and definitely don't take take them as rules for how to read the Foundation series, please!)

Read The Foundation Trilogy first. DO NOT start with the Prequels.

If you want to read all seven books, I recommend you read them in the order they were published, which is the order I’ve listed above. (Foundation Trilogy, then Sequels, then Prequels.)

Treat The Foundation Trilogy, the Sequels, and the Prequels as different series.

Technically, all seven books take place in the same universe, however, Asimov wrote the Sequels and Prequels decades after he wrote The Foundation Trilogy. He did a lot of ret-conning. A lot of it was to tie the Foundation series into his Robot and Empire universes and connect them all into one.

Personally, I found a lot of that ret-conning unsatisfying in a way that detracted from the spirit of the original three books.

That being said, I did enjoy them, especially the Sequels, but as separate stories from The Foundation Trilogy.

This is my view of things, others may have found the Sequels and Prequels to be great additions to the original stories, so take this advice with a grain of salt.

The Prequels are optional.

The Prequels describe Hari Seldon’s life and how he developed psychohistory and planned the two Foundations. To me, going into all that detail “ruins the magic.” I really appreciated not knowing too much about Seldon in the original trilogy. Not knowing fit in with some of the major tenets of psychohistory.

Knowing less about Seldon makes his character more impressive and mysterious, and I liked it that way.

Revealing so much about him was like revealing too many details about the origins of the Xenomorph in the Alien movies - when we get to know too much about the alien, she becomes less scary.

This is a continuation of my recommendation above. Again, other readers have enjoyed the Prequels and maybe you will too! My advice is merely a reflection of my own experience with the books, and it’s up to you to weigh the opinions and info to make your own decision.

Overall, the Foundation series is wonderful. If you decide to read all or part of of the series, I really hope you enjoy it!!!

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voluntaryvictim · 2 years

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IF YOUR CONDITIONS ARE A PASSING PHASE MAY YOUR ASHES FEED THE RIVER IN THE MORNING RAYS AS THE VERMIN CRAWLS WE LAY IN THE FOUNDATIONS OF DECAY

#unofficial lyrics babeyyyy living life on the edge #it's 12am and i had to make something i love misters chemical romance #if these are wrong i'm gonna be so embarrassed LMAO anyway #stream foundations of decay or i will come to your house and we will stream it together #my chemical romance #mcr #the foundations of decay #foundations of decay #camsedits #tw bugs #bugs tw

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geekynerfherder · 1 year

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Showcasing art from some of my favourite artists, and those that have attracted my attention, in the field of visual arts, including vintage; pulp; pop culture; books and comics; concert posters; fantastical and imaginative realism; classical; contemporary; new contemporary; pop surrealism; conceptual and illustration.

The art of Michael Whelan.

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waywardted · 1 year

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One last round of field notes 📝

#ted lasso #ted x rebecca #rebecca welton #teddy boy #otp: you liven up the place #m*ne #mine: lasso #honestly i am trying to manage my expectations #i respect their story whatever it is #but when i put my big girl objective hat on i'm almost more convinced???#like these aren't tin hat things this is the foundation they laid!!!#the cuts!!! THE CUTS!!#people will return to the christmas episode year after year so it has to hold up within the larger narrative and tHEY DID THAT???#deborah asks the naked man in rebecca's kitchen 'will there be biscuits with that'!!!!! when one person notably keeps rebecca in biscuits!!!#that one puts me over the edge #like why else?!?!? WHY ELSE?!?!?!?!#i mean as a writer as an i daresay media-literate person.... narratively..... why. else.#been a long time since a proper tag rant we're back baby

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mechieonu · 2 years

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so uh. yeah i just finished tangled the series and jesus mother of god the relationship between cass and rapunzel is so poignantly, palpably, VISIBLY queercoded it's not even funny

#cassunzel #s3 was just cassunzel fever #god the foundational subtext ALONE! ALONE #the sundrop and moonstone needing each other on a fundamental level #rapunzel's steadfast trust in cassandra NO MATTER WHAT #'i'm the girl who has everything....but i'd give up anything for you' HOW??? HOW DID THIS MAKE IT PAST THE DISNEY CENSORS #how cass even in the throes of villainy still innately trusts and loves rapunzel #her double-edged dillema kf constantly being put second best to rapunzel but still loving her ardently #BECAUSE SHE KNOWS RAPS WHO DOESN'T HAVE A CRUEL BONE IN HER BODY #when i first heard of this show i thought cass and raps's moments would be just that. moments #i was not expecting an overarching cosmic star-crossed romance to span 3 seasons literally what the absolute fuck #tangled the series

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eldesperadont · 3 months

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curious (and because i have some sort of thing for color coding groups of things like notebooks... and because this is for art purposes), how would you color code the war dogs?

as a group black and silver/white cause thats simply their thing - individually Clark got his loud pink highlights, Gabe the striking cool blue of his eyes, an expensive white/silver for Dan and a strong stormy grey for Alex

#underwhelming answer i just cant see them outside the obvious rn #clark‘s loud in your face kinda colours - alex is a strong grey cause he has sth foundational about him #bedrock. strong. big.#silver for dan cause its elegant but expensive - my mind jumps to steel and sharp edges #and the cool blue for gabe cause his mad stare has sth so chilly about it #even when you cover him in fresh red (blood) I associate him with the cold #asks #bullet club

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haveyoureadthisscifibook · 3 months

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vote YES if you have finished the entire book.

vote NO if you have not finished the entire book.

(faq · submit a book)

#scifi #books #Foundation's Edge #Isaac Asimov #Foundation #poll #result: no #l: English

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boooklover · 5 months

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“There are always tales and there is always a patriotic refusal to disbelieve, even though the tales are never in the least credible and are never believed by anyone not of the world that produces them.”

Isaac Asimov, Foundation's Edge

#book quotes #bookaddict #booklr #booknerd #quote #reading #booklover #book #bookworm #books #isaac asimov #foundation's edge #foundation #sci fi

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larmegliamori · 5 months

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Stor Gendibal and Sura Novi crawled so that Hari Seldon and Dors Venabili could run a marathon

#once again proving that prelude and forward are the superior books #isaac asimov #foundation series #foundation's edge #prelude to foundation

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curetapwater · 1 year

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"Shadow the Hedgehog (2005) is nothing but tryhard edge" congratulations you can't identify the themes of a game made for ten-year-olds.

#he is ALL OF HIM that's the POINT #the fact that shadow can't be boiled down to one thing is baked into the foundation of the game #that's why it's structured Like That #it's heavily imperfect yeah. but to call it mindless edge is just so inaccurate #tap plays shadow the hedgehog

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wikagirl · 8 months

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okay hold on actually *pulls out chair* everyone who's interested grab a seat we're gonna make this a fun little group project.

So, anybody got any fun ideas for a machine that despises themself for being built as a cheap imitation of a human to pad out the workforce of the healthcare system but at the same time is madly in love with everything that they think is what it means to be human (like the unique way humans found communities and express their emotions through art) and also view dubstep as "metal music but for machines because metal is people screaming about their pain and turning that pain into music and dubstep sounds like a machine that is screaming in pain in a very melodical way"?

#for now I'll roll with they/them but their gender is subject to change #basicly they'll have a love-hate relationship with humanity going on #because they really hate humans for everything they have been put through and how they still get treated #but at the same time they can not help but love humans because caring is a the core foundation of their programming #and there are also humans that show them kindness and to those they will be so loyal that “til death do us part” sounds like a cheap offer #so imagine a very sassy robot that insults you the whole way as they make you lunch because you have not eaten in 3 days #and even though they hate your guts because of what you are they still wouldn't want you to go hungry #that does not make them uncapable of violence though.#I was thinking about giving them the edge lord treatment and going red/black for colours #as a contrast to the white/blue of the company that made them and also because it's the stereotypical edge colour palette #also gonna ask my friends on discord for input I'll reblog this with all collected ideas and thoughts on them in like a day or two

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agentmmayy · 7 months

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daily task of reading a poem that rips me in half: done ✅

#the poem is selfishness by keetje kuipers #EVERYONE SAY THANK YOU TO POETRY FOUNDATION <3 #idk why things written about dogs/with dogs have been hitting lately #but they have #'i know he hated it that it made him uncomfortable embarrassed even if a dog can feel the squeamishness of sympathy #like people i've known who turned away from the sharp edges of my breaking.#like them he preferred me powerful'#WHAT THE ACTUAL #THATS NOT EVEN THE WHOLE POEM #poetry

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the-l-spacer · 3 months

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2 days left in the fave foundation book poll!!

#foundation #isaac asimov #asimov #rip foundations edge lmao

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dalekofchaos · 5 months

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The GOATS of Tag Team wrestling imo

1 The Steiner Brothers

2 The Hardy Boyz

3 The Road Warriors

4 The Hart Foundation

5 Edge & Christian

6 The Briscoes

7 The British Bulldogs

8 FTR

9 The Dudley Boyz

10 Demolition

Runner ups:Midnight Express and Rock n Roll Express

#WWE #AEW #WCW #The Steiner Brothers #The Hardy Boyz #The Hart Foundation #Edge & Christian #The Briscoes #The British Bulldogs #FTR #The Dudley Boyz #Demolition #Midnight Express #Rock n Roll Express

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eyesoverinfinity · 2 years

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au that came from a fever dream

This AU was basically a dream I had where video game worlds learned of players.

There were varying reactions to this revelation, but then the worlds looked passed the players and imminently found each other. So the players where now needed because plot amour was the only thing holding this multiverse together.

The extradimensional entities and Eldritch horrors did not make this easier btw.

The Hiss from Control attacked the SCP foundation and the Lobotomy Corporation.

The Heartless from Kingdom Hearts attack and infest dystopias like Beholder, Mirrors edge and Fallout.

The Brother Moons from Dead space are at war with the Flood from Halo, with other zombie games getting caught in the crossfire.

All of the hell's, the Dark Dimension from Dark Deception, etc, are also fighting. (the Dark Dimension didn't change much lol)

Same with all the world conquering aliens. (Destroy all humans, Earth Defence Force, Half life, etc)

The Lamb from Cult of the Lamb has discovered that the Red crown can now travel to other worlds and is recruiting left and right.

Warhammer 40k is also there. if you know what it is then I don't need to explain why that's bad.

Most kid-friendly games are in quarantine and are a base of operations for those who managed to get out. (those who were possessed by or close to someone possessed by a player.)

So the multiverse/s is/are currently is shambles, and refugees have filled up the universes that still have some version of sanity.

Luckily, there is one guy who knows what needs to be done to fix the worlds. The G-Man.

Using the remainders of the protagonists, final bosses and other badasses to from the Multiverse to form the Multiverse Defence Force.

(He's been hired to help fix the multiverse, not name things.)

And reinforce them with Players so they can't die.

Unfortunately, that's when I woke up. I think I got paired with Pyro from TF2 but that's all I remember. I may still develop this au tho, I just need to think of what to call it.

"shattered fun house" maybe?

eyesoverinfinity out

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