There’s a certain roundabout formalism to Asimov’s dialogue that permeates the entire book, regardless of character. At times, Asimov takes this to an extreme, and it can be very boring to watch two characters discussing everything like they’re in a first-year logic class. Rather, there is a lot of intellectual sparring and trials (or the appearances thereof). There isn’t a lot in terms of action here, few space battles or physical confrontations. This is a very political book compared to the previous ones. It follows two, parallel stories: Golan Trevize is a Foundation council member who suspects the Second Foundation was not actually destroyed, and he strikes off (not exactly of his own accord) to investigate meanwhile, Stor Gendibal is a Second Foundation council member who believes there is a mysterious third force manipulating the Seldon Plan.

Hardcover (Chinese) (September 4th, 2021): $55.This might be the best Foundation novel yet?įoundation’s Edge departs from the formula of the previous installments in the series: instead of related novellas, this is an actual, honest-to-goodness novel.

Fiction / Science Fiction / Space Opera.

Fiction / Science Fiction / Hard Science Fiction.

Named a Grand Master of Science Fiction by the Science Fiction Writers of America, Asimov entertained and educated readers of all ages for close to five decades.

During his legendary career, Asimov penned more than 470 books on subjects ranging from science to Shakespeare to history, though he was most loved for his award-winning science-fiction sagas, which include the Robot, Galactic Empire, and Foundation series. Isaac Asimov began his Foundation series at the age of twenty-one, not realizing that it would one day be considered a cornerstone of science fiction. Soon representatives of both the First and Second Foundations will find themselves racing toward a mysterious world called Gaia and a final, shocking destiny at the very end of the universe. Meanwhile someone-or something-outside of both Foundations seems to be orchestrating events to suit its own ominous purpose.

and proof that the Second Foundation still exists. Now two exiled citizens of the Foundation-a renegade Councilman and a doddering historian-set out in search of the mythical planet Earth. But rumors persist that the Second Foundation is not destroyed after all-and that its still-defiant survivors are preparing their revenge. The scientists of the First Foundation have proved victorious, and now they return to Hari Seldon’s long established plan to build a new Empire on the ruins of the old. THE EPIC SAGA THAT INSPIRED THE APPLE TV+ SERIES FOUNDATIONĪt last, the costly and bitter war between the two Foundations has come to an end.

The fourth novel in Isaac Asimov’s classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation series

Foundation's edge