Mandalore Posted February 19, 2011 Posted February 19, 2011 Does anyone know what the actual equations of the Seldon Plan shown through the Prime Radiant actually are? Quote
Working Class Hero Posted February 20, 2011 Posted February 20, 2011 Asimov may have been genius, but I don't think even he could have done that, dude. Quote
Mandalore Posted February 20, 2011 Author Posted February 20, 2011 True. Although there is a form of psychohistory that people are working on, but it's not the real Seldon kind. It's more just looking at history and seeing what happened before, no real statistics involved. Quote
Pazaak Posted February 21, 2011 Posted February 21, 2011 Does anyone know what the actual equations of the Seldon Plan shown through the Prime Radiant actually are? Reading that made my head hurt. Quote
Guest Zander Posted February 22, 2011 Posted February 22, 2011 I love it too, although when I first read it , I had to read the trilogy "backwards" as I couldn't get into the first book for some reason. But reading it as a "prequel" was fine, and now I read them in sequence, like a normal person. I'm not sure I like the last 2 in the series so much, as they seem to be trying desperately to integrate his Robot universe into the Foundation universe, but I do still love the trilogy. Quote
Mandalore Posted February 22, 2011 Author Posted February 22, 2011 I got all of them at once (except Foundation's Edge, I got that before the rest), so I'm reading them in chronological order. I've just read the two prequels, I'm half way through the original Foundation and I've also read Foundation's Edge. Quote
Guest Zander Posted February 22, 2011 Posted February 22, 2011 The "prequels" are Prelude to Foundation and Forward the Foundation, followed by the original trilogy, then as sequels, Foundation's Edge and Foundation and Earth. I must admit that I am somewhat prejudiced against the prequels and sequels. I was a teenager when I first read the trilogy, and later attempts to "integrate" Foundation into the "I, Robot" universe just jarred. If you read the Foundation series in isolation form the rest of Asimov's work, it works just fine. However, if you have read his other novels and the "I, Robot"* stories, there are jagging contradictions, hence my misgivings on the last two. Regardless, the Foundation series is a fantastic read. I am happy to see that a series that I enjoyed in my long-forgotten youth is still going strong. Quote
Mandalore Posted February 23, 2011 Author Posted February 23, 2011 That's good. Foundation's Edge was the first Asimov book I read, and I'm currently going through the series as a stand-alone group, apart from his other stuff. I may read Robots of Dawn after, but maybe not. Quote
Guest Zander Posted February 24, 2011 Posted February 24, 2011 That's good. Foundation's Edge was the first Asimov book I read, and I'm currently going through the series as a stand-alone group, apart from his other stuff. I may read Robots of Dawn after, but maybe not. I'm glad Isaac is still going strong. May I ask which other authors you have read in the "classic" era of the Genre? Quote
Mandalore Posted February 24, 2011 Author Posted February 24, 2011 As a matter of fact, the Foundation actually introduced me to it all, so Asimov is actually the only one. Who do you recommend? Quote
Guest Zander Posted February 25, 2011 Posted February 25, 2011 OK list begins................... (But no guarantees that they are still available) Author: Isaac Asimov Prelude To Foundation - This puts most of his writings in sequence/order. Author Arthur C. Clarke 2001 and its sequels, then anythig available from him. There are others out there, so search. Quote
Working Class Hero Posted February 25, 2011 Posted February 25, 2011 buy the compendium from the golden age of science fiction. it will give you a good place to get started and they're pretty good stories. Quote
Mandalore Posted February 25, 2011 Author Posted February 25, 2011 OK, thanks. I'll have a look. Quote
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