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Binding: Mass Market PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780553587579 ISBN: 0553587579 Label: Spectra Manufacturer: Spectra Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 528 Publication Date: August 31, 2004 Publisher: Spectra Release Date: August 31, 2004 Studio: Spectra Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: The fifth novel in Asimov's popular Foundation series opens with second thoughts. Councilman Golan Trevize is wondering if he was right to choose a collective mind as the best possible future for humanity over the anarchy of contentious individuals, nations and planets. To test his conclusion, he decides he must know the past and goes in search of legendary Earth, all references to which have been erased from galactic libraries. The societies encountered along the way become arguing points in a book-long colloquy about man's fate, conducted by Trevize and traveling companion Bliss, who is part of the first world/mind, Gaia. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - A 300 page story padded with 200 pages of fillerA forward to this book written by Asimov himself makes reference to his publisher's wish that he write additional foundation novels, and implies that their incessant demands eventually overcame his own reluctance to do so. Almost as if he's saying to the reader, "Hey, don't blame me for this steaming pile. They made me do it." If I had Asimov's resume, I'd be reluctant to put my name on this book as well. As the title implies, Foundation and Earth is about the protagonists' ... Read More Rating:  - Space Odyssey!This book, while a stand-alone adventure, also effectively links the Foundation story line with the Robot/Spacer novels. It reintroduces us to the intuitive Golan Trevize, bookish Janov Pelorat and the Gaian avatar Bliss. Trevize had been at a crossroad in the previous novel "Foundation's Edge" and chose one path for the human race to follow. Not fully convinced of the intuitive leap he had taken, he decides to take up an archaeological odyssey to find the birthplace of humanity - now shrouded in legend. ... Read More Rating: - Asimov's Foundation SeriesAsimov's Foundations series is spectacular and one that should not be missed. It is stunning in its scope and highly original for its time. One of the best science fiction writers in not only my opinion, produced a stunning series. Foundation and Earth is the continuation of the series. Rating: - Good read.A followup to the original Foundation series. Drags here and there but worth the time. Rating:  - A different style book in the seriesAnother good book in the series, Foundation and Earth tells the story from the moment Foundation's Edge left off, detailing Trevize's quest to find the origin of mankind. This book, though enjoyable, was more of a Gulliver's Travels type of format as we hop from world to world meeting variations on human settlement. There is less of the mystery/intertwining plot intrigues I enjoyed in earlier Foundation books. 
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