Isaac Asimov - Foundation Trilogy

[Dandelion_Wine]

I’ve just got done reading #4 in the 'trilogy". I’m not sure what I’m going to read next, but I plan on reading #5. I understand that there are also 2 prequels.

Here’s my question though. Has anyone read the “Second Foundation Trilogy” that was written after Asimov’s death by Benford, Bear, & Brin? I’m wondering whether they’re worth reading, whether they take one to the 2nd empire, thoughts on them, etc.

Thanks!

 

[Mirdath]

Personally I’d stop at Foundation’s Edge. After the first trilogy, the books really declined in quality – by the last one, Asimov tries to bring his three big series together (Foundation, Empire, and Robot) and it just doesn’t work. I haven’t read the ‘second trilogy’, but I’ve read some other stories by at least one of the authors and wasn’t terribly impressed.

 

[Dandelion_Wine]

Thanks Mirdath.

 

[JimG]

I liked the original trilogy, but Asimov’s later additions to it seemed to me less than satisfactory. And I agree with Mirdath that his attempt to tie in the previous robot novels didn’t work. I haven’t read Benfor, Bear & Brin books.

 

[Bobby_Jim]

As I recall up through “Second Foundation” they were really clever and well-written. Then he took a long time off in between. Somewhere in there he got into this whole “Gaia” business with the planet being like a super-organism with a life force of its own and all that. Bunch of hippie nonsense. Anyway, that shows up in some of the later books, which really turned me off.