A grandmasterly performance.Īre we not men? We are-well, ask Bigfoot, as Brooks does in this delightful yarn, following on his bestseller World War Z (2006).Ī zombie apocalypse is one thing. After a slowish start, then, the rather talky narrative here develops into grippingly effective drama-with oodles of twisty-turny plot, an engaging cast, and some enjoyably mellow humor (Asimov whimsically manages to work in references to all his previous novels). Furthermore, behind this windup, there's another surprise (involving-you guessed it-robots) and some absorbing stage-setting for other sequels.
The explanation of all this? Well, Gaia, a planetary consciousness comprising humans, animals, plants, and inorganic matter, has engineered the confrontation to force Trevize (he has the knack of making correct decisions) to decide the fate of the galaxy-which involves transcending the efficient but ultimately sterile Selden Plan. And meanwhile, arrogant genius Speaker Storr Gendibal of the Second Foundation, also suspicious of the too-perfect Plan, deduces the existence of an unknown group of mind-controllers: he follows Trevize to forbidden planet Gaia, where shortly Branno and a battle fleet also arrive.
But on the physical-science-based First Foundation, naive, intuitive councilman Golan Trevize notices that the Selden Plan is working a little too well: he realizes that the supposedly destroyed, mental-science-based Second Foundation still exists! So woman mayor Harla Branno secretly orders Trevize to seek out the Second Foundation. The Seldon Plan, designed to create a stable glactic Second Empire, is now half complete. Soon representatives of both the First and Second Foundations will find themselves racing toward a mysterious world called Gaia and a final, shocking destiny at the very end of the universe.After 29 years, Asimov has finally been prodded into continuing his famous Foundation saga: this splendid effort-faithful to the spirit of the original trilogy, while stylistically more expansive and mature-may well be the best yet. Meanwhile someone-or something-outside of both Foundations seems to be orchestrating events to suit its own ominous purpose. and proof that the Second Foundation still exists. Now two exiled citizens of the Foundation-a renegade Councilman and a doddering historian-set out in search of the mythical planet Earth. But rumors persist that the Second Foundation is not destroyed after all-and that its still-defiant survivors are preparing their revenge. The scientists of the First Foundation have proved victorious, and now they return to Hari Seldon’s long established plan to build a new Empire on the ruins of the old. THE EPIC SAGA THAT INSPIRED THE UPCOMING APPLE TV+ SERIES FOUNDATIONĪt last, the costly and bitter war between the two Foundations has come to an end. The fourth novel in Isaac Asimov’s classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation series
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