![]() All kinds of action occurs on a large scale. There is big action: a galactic empire starts to crumble, psychohistorian Hari Seldon secretly establishes a repository of science and knowledge in a foundation at the edge of the galaxy to speed humankind's recovery from the coming dark ages, local warlords fight for power, the foundation's existence is threatened, charismatic figures seize power. These are very talky, ruminative stories. He may also be describing the reaction of many readers. ![]() So he says in an introduction that appears in later editions of the books. Even though he was the author, he wanted to read more. The stories had no action, no suspense, no romance-they were all thought and dialogue. In the 1980s Isaac Asimov reread the Foundation stories he had written in the 1940s and had compiled as a trilogy of books in the 1950s, and he was appalled. CRITIQUE | THE TEXT Galactic puzzles within puzzles ![]()
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