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Post by rubl on Aug 25, 2021 9:46:03 GMT 7
Starting late September 2021 Apple TV+ brings the TV adaption of Asimov's Foundation series. Probably a few have never heard of Prof. Isaac Asimov or read his Foundation series SciFi novels. So here some info. "The Foundation series is a science fiction book series written by American author Isaac Asimov. First published as a series of short stories in 1942–50, and subsequently in three collections in 1951–53, for thirty years the series was a trilogy: Foundation, Foundation and Empire, and Second Foundation. It won the one-time Hugo Award for "Best All-Time Series" in 1966.[1][2] Asimov began adding new volumes in 1981, with two sequels: Foundation's Edge and Foundation and Earth, and two prequels: Prelude to Foundation and Forward the Foundation. The additions made reference to events in Asimov's Robot and Empire series, indicating that they were also set in the same fictional universe." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation_seriesFoundation — Official Teaser 2 | Apple TV+ Foundation ⏤ Official Trailer | Apple TV+ |
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Post by rubl on Aug 25, 2021 9:46:41 GMT 7
The Foundation Trilogy Summary and Review | Video Essay
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Post by AyG on Aug 25, 2021 12:55:17 GMT 7
Probably a few have never heard of Prof. Isaac Asimov or read his Foundation series SciFi novels. So here some info. Perhaps you mean "ever", not "never"? I don't think his works are particularly well read outside the world of sci-fi enthusiasts. Personally, I found his Foundation series hard work, but persevered because as a teen I had read everything else sci-fi he had published. As I sit here in my study, I have copies of "I, Robot" and "Buy Jupiter" lying flat on the shelf to my right. (The rest of his paperbacks are upstairs in the gym. I never throw a book away.) I always preferred his short stories, which were pretty formulaic: an interesting idea, a twist at the end, and usually based upon a bad pun. I think his influence over later sci-fi authors can not be overstated, |
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Post by rubl on Aug 25, 2021 13:42:35 GMT 7
Probably a few have never heard of Prof. Isaac Asimov or read his Foundation series SciFi novels. So here some info. Perhaps you mean "ever", not "never"? I don't think his works are particularly well read outside the world of sci-fi enthusiasts. Personally, I found his Foundation series hard work, but persevered because as a teen I had read everything else sci-fi he had published. As I sit here in my study, I have copies of "I, Robot" and "Buy Jupiter" lying flat on the shelf to my right. (The rest of his paperbacks are upstairs in the gym. I never throw a book away.) I always preferred his short stories, which were pretty formulaic: an interesting idea, a twist at the end, and usually based upon a bad pun. I think his influence over later sci-fi authors can not be overstated, Personally I'm still surprised so many have heard of 'Dune' or read the books by Frank Herbert or the later ones by his son Brian with help of Kevin Anderson. I've had a lot of books but none left of the dead-tree versions. Mind you, late 1990-ish I started to collect 'e' versions. Of Asimov I've got about all of the SF stuff including articles and even a few dozen of his more non-SF books. In .txt, .rtf, .pdf, .lit, .html, .epub, .mobi, etc. |
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Post by rubl on Sept 26, 2021 17:39:19 GMT 7
I watched the first two episodes. Well, so far reasonable. A bit confusing when you know the books but following those would be tough I guess (Roman Polanski's MacBeth is well done I think). The producers avoided the Marvel Universe BS, till now that is (keep fingers crossed). Second episode ends with the Main character Gaal being pushed in a lifepod and dropped in what seems a conveniently nearby asteroid swarm. Confusing. BTW denied 'hyper space' technology the Foundation group travels 'normally' (whatever that means) and still expects to cover 50,000 lightyears in 876 days. I guess I shouldn't be too critical.  |
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