A review by geekcliche
Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov
3.0
Far from the “must-read” classic that it’s touted as being.
Extremely lacking in characterisation, unnatural sounding dialogue and the setup of it being a historical record from the “Foundational Era” negates any sense of jeopardy in “The Hari Seldon Plan”. Essentially, there’s no risk that The Foundation won’t succeed and you don’t care about any of the people involved.
It’s a novel that is purely focused on the concept and not the storytelling. In effect, it is entirely like it’s own concept of ‘psychohistory’; it only works with the grand design and can’t handle individuals.
One of the few occasions where I can say that the TV adaptation is better than the book
Extremely lacking in characterisation, unnatural sounding dialogue and the setup of it being a historical record from the “Foundational Era” negates any sense of jeopardy in “The Hari Seldon Plan”. Essentially, there’s no risk that The Foundation won’t succeed and you don’t care about any of the people involved.
It’s a novel that is purely focused on the concept and not the storytelling. In effect, it is entirely like it’s own concept of ‘psychohistory’; it only works with the grand design and can’t handle individuals.
One of the few occasions where I can say that the TV adaptation is better than the book