Sequel to the foundation trilogy. Foundationer Trevize tries his hand at something that has eluded many before him, find the elusive Second Foundation. Good continuation of the dynamic of the two Foundations that was left open in the trilogy. ( )

Continuing the Foundation novels, as the people of the Foundation search for the elusive Earth, and Asimov builds the link between the Robot novels and Foundation universe. ( )

More than the Foundations?
There may be an as yet undiscovered third leg in the struggle for control, and this leads to a couple of the characters involved searching for Earth.
Not sure there is any real reason to read this if you have read the original Foundation books, but if you are more of a fan you will likely enjoy it, with all the psychohistory, prediction and mind games.
http://notfreesf.blogspot.com/2007/10... ( )

More than the Foundations?
There may be an as yet undiscovered third leg in the struggle for control, and this leads to a couple of the characters involved searching for Earth.
Not sure there is any real reason to read this if you have read the original Foundation books, but if you are more of a fan you will likely enjoy it, with all the psychohistory, prediction and mind games.
http://notfreesf.blogspot.com/2007/10... ( )

I'm back to reading Foundation Series books actually written by Isaac Asimov. This one is the fourth in the Foundation Series if you count them in the order they were written, but is the second last in chronological terms. Its set 500 years after the failure of the first galactic empire, and follows the first Foundation's attempt to discover if the second Foundation still exists. Well, its a bit more complicated than that, but I don't want to ruin it for you.

As an aside, the user interface described for the ship's computer is really cool. Its a bit like augmented reality, mixed with gesture control, mixed with a direct interface into the brain. I'm not saying I want one in my house, but its cool that a book written in 1983 still has a user interface description which isn't dated, and still seems plausible.

This book has minor inconsistencies with the story presented in the second foundation trilogy (Foundation's Fear, Foundation and Chaos and Foundation's Triumph), but I see that more as a failure in those followup authors than in this book. In fact, I've already complained about how untrue to Asimov's vision some of those books are elsewhere.

This is a good read, and I enjoyed it greatly.

http://www.stillhq.com/book/Isaac_Asi... ( )