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Loading... Second Foundation (1953)by Isaac Asimov
None.  kaulsu | Apr 21, 2013 |  Very dated language, but the basic plot is ok (  ) PDCRead | Mar 29, 2013 | 1st ed. 1952  JJMAlmeida | Apr 19, 2012 | A little disappointing at the end but another good easy read in the Foundation series. (  ) JBreedlove | Aug 21, 2011 | Last read this trilogy as a teenager, it has aged well both in terms of the passage of time and, hopefully, slightly more mature tastes on my part. Although I don't find it a particularly profound meditation on free well, the law of large numbers, and the great man theory of history. Not sure if is intended to be, but it is a great story. The trilogy really picks up with the introduction of the Mule in the second half of this book. It runs at a fast pace through the end of Second Foundation. At some point it has a slightly Scooby-Doo feel as successive masks are pulled off characters/plots. And ultimately it is a bit dehumanizing. Except for social psychologists (who seem a lot like economists) who end up in charge of the galaxy. Only fair. (  )1  jasonlf | Jul 30, 2011 | no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0553293362, Paperback)Isaac Asimov's Foundation novels are one of the great masterworks of science fiction. As unsurpassed blend of nonstop action, daring ideas, and extensive world-building, they chronicle the struggle of a courageous group of men and women dedicated to preserving humanity's light in a galaxy plunged into a nightmare of ignorance and violence thirty thousand years long.After years of struggle, the Foundation lies in ruins—destroyed by the mutant mind power of the Mule. But it is rumored that there is a Second Foundation hidden somewhere at the end of the Galaxy, established to preserve the knowledge of mankind through the long centuries of barbarism. The Mule failed to find it the first time—but now he is certain he knows where it lies. The fate of the Foundation rests on young Arcadia Darell, only fourteen years old and burdened with a terrible secret. As its scientists gird for a final showdown with the Mule, the survivors of the First Foundation begin their desperate search. They too want the Second Foundation destroyed…before it destroys them. (retrieved from Amazon Wed, 02 Jan 2013 18:49:06 -0500) The Second Foundation meets the threat of a perilous mutant, only to face the challenge of the corrupt First Foundation for control of the galatic empire. |
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Many others have reviewed the book with a synopsis: let me just say that Arkady Darrell, in my mind, will always be a sharp teenager, and the Galaxy owes her a great debt! Will owe? Bah, time-tenses are easily tangled!! (