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Foundation - Book - Isaac Asimov - 1951 (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 11 hours ago by jet@hackertalks.com to c/media_reviews@hackertalks.com

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I finally got around to reading foundation, I picked it up this afternoon, it was quite a breezy read, finished the entire book in a few hours.

Very much worth the read! I'm a little disappointed the version I have has advertisements for Apple TV yet still has typos and printing errors 75 years after the first printing.....

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The psychohistorian aspect is interesting, i think it could have been explored a bit more, the first book discusses it a bit (predicting moments in history though large crowd predictions vs great man theory). After the first book its taken as mythic gospel (by design)....

The pattern for each age appears to be those resisting change are blind to their folly and those embracing a new dynamic win, it would be fun to have a chapter on a moment when staying the course was the right method (i.e. all the time between the 75 year incidents).

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[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 4 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

It was long ago when I read it but I don't recall it being a breezy read per se. I consumed books like crazy back then but don't think I ever read a whole book in one day.

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I read a lot of Sci Fi in my teens, I don't remember if I read this one.

I can't finish anything but short books in a day, even back when I was reading everything I could get my hands on, it took me a couple of days, at least, and often more.

I have been enjoying the Foundation TV show, though. I might take a go at the books.

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 1 points 2 hours ago

I watched season 1 other then the first episode they seem like totally different concepts. Inspired by is doing the heavy lifting for apple

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 23 minutes ago) (1 children)

Without spoiling anything I can say that the psychohistorian aspect is explored more in the remaining books in the series, and a few plots revolve around where it falls short.

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 2 points 2 hours ago

Good to know! I look forward to it! Thank you