Greta wrote: ↑August 30th, 2018, 6:05 pm
I only came to the Foundation series in retirement so I'm a tad green with Hari's world but it seems epic enough to deserve a multi series treatment. Also, there's so many subtleties, it would not work as a blockbuster.
Foundation is a monument.
I read the original trilogy first, along with the robot stories. I was always a bit puzzled why there were no robots in the Foundation world.
It was not until the 1980s that Asimov decided to build on the trilogy with the 2 prequels and 2 sequels, in which my puzzlement was answered.
Have you read all 7?
I never thought to say that Foundation would ever seem dated. The PC and mobiles has done that to so many sci-fi stories.
I've never re-read them, for that reason, but now I think I must before the TV ruins it for me forever.
I understand that other authors have been given permission to write Foundation stories, but I could never bring myself to read them.