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Foundation (Foundation, #1)
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Sure, okay, this is pretty good. A series of interconnected short stories, each with the same basic theme: our heroes are put in a tight spot and have to weasel their way out of it. Sortof like a mystery in a way: you get to try to figure out what their answer will be. Sometimes it's a little obvious. (Really, no one imagined that the Foundation guys would take charge of that big-ass spaceship? Nobody thought of that? And anyway, how did Seldon predict that they would randomly find a huge derelict spaceship just floating around? It's sortof a big deal.) But it's pretty fun.
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December 30, 2012
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January 2, 2013
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January 21, 2013
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Jul 26, 2013 02:40PM
That's the thing with psychohistory. I don't think Seldon actually predicted the details. I think he knew the Foundation would use religion to turn the general population against their government, thus placing them at the head of the hierarchy.
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Only read this entry of the series so far, planning on a re-read of this soon, with a follow-up of blazing through the series. I really enjoyed the writing in this one but consciously tried not to think too hard about the bigger picture of predictions predicting predictions contradicting predicted contradictions because I thought it would make my head explode. Glad yours is still intact! Good review :-)
