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Liked It1 of 1 members found this review helpful “It was a very clever read...but Hari Seldon is too cool a customer! |
Didn’t Like It “After a friend suggested reading the Foundation Series, I though it sounded really neat so I checked out the first book. Prelude to Foundation was a let down though. The book was very slow and nothing much happened in it. It was only in the last twenty pages that the book really picked up. ...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“I was afraid this would be boring and dry and I would feel forced to finish it since I actually bought it but it wasn't.
victoria m wrote this review Saturday, September 19 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
In fact I had a hard time putting it down. It catches you right from the beginning and keeps moving through this futuristic world without any uncomfortable long drawn out pauses explaining futuristic terms or items.
Never having read Asimov before I am glad to say that I have discovered a new favorite author.”
“My all-time favorite sci-fi series.”
T.R.M. wrote this review Friday, September 11 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Prelude to Foundation by Issac Asimov is a book I have been meaning to read for years. It was written 37 years after the first book of the series, the work adds much color and detail to the classic Foundation. We are introduced to Hari Seldon - inventor of psychohistory - and how he came to know of robots playing roles in the galaxy and the beginnings of psychohistorical science. ”
Mike R wrote this review Thursday, September 3 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Primer Libro de la Saga de la Fundacion de Isaac Asimov. Una serie que nadie que se considere amante de la ciencia ficcion puede dejar de leer.”
Jose Ignacio G wrote this review Thursday, August 27 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“ After a friend suggested reading the Foundation Series, I though it sounded really neat so I checked out the first book. Prelude to Foundation was a let down though. The book was very slow and nothing much happened in it. It was only in the last twenty pages that the book really picked up. And that was because of two huge plot changes. What the book really missed was a climax!
Parker S wrote this review Saturday, August 22 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Some aspects of the book were good, like all of the different cultures of the futuristic society. And how all of the characters developed the whole book. However, the bad outweighed the good. The book was just too long. In fact, I might have given the book another two stars or so if it had been shorter. Who knows? If it had been half the size and more concise it might have been a really good read.
Although Prelude was a bad experience, I will continue the series. My guess is, since this book was a prequel, the early ones might have been better. Plus, I have been told that it is really worth it to read to the third book. Isaac Asmov is a good writer, so I will give him another chance.
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“I thought it was great, in spite of what my friends thought. Good tie-in from his I Robot set.”
Dan D wrote this review Thursday, July 23 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“This was classic Asimov. To think tht he wrote it after all the other foudation novels were completed. Asimov is the God of sciience fiction!!!!!!!”
Lavin S wrote this review Sunday, June 28 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No1 of 1 members found this review helpful“It was a very clever read...but Hari Seldon is too cool a customer!
Ken R wrote this review Friday, March 13 2009. ( reply | view 1 replies | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Asimov never did do romance well...(and he knew it :-))”
“Tells how Harry Seldon started his work in Psychohistory. A good little SF thriller, though it would not have launched the Foundation series in quite the way that the first Foundation book did.”
Mark B wrote this review Wednesday, March 11 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Sfirsitul a spurcat cartea:(”
Stas Sajin wrote this review Friday, January 9 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
