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Foundation — by Isaac Asimov

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questccg
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I've gotten to 1/3rd of the First Book "Foundation" of the Isaac Asimov "Foundation" Series of Novels. This is of course after watching the series on Apple TV+ ... Which I received as a SHARED Christmas Gift. Shared because Apple allows up to 4 connections to 1 account and therefore I have 1 Connection for my iPad and my Cousin has 2 Connection for their TVs. She gave me (or asked if I would be willing to share and if that was okay as a Christmas gift) the Apple TV+ service and I am grateful. Also they shared their Bell FIBE connectivity which means that I also have a shared connection to Television (except for the 4 USA Networks: ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX) for some reason those don't work over the Internet...

Some kind of PRIVACY and can ONLY be viewed when AT HOME! TBD.

Anyhow the SERIES uses the NAMES of many characters in the BOOKS but often in a bastardized way. Gaal in the series is a young woman and so is Salvor Hardin (another female character too...) In the BOOKS they are both MEN and it mentions nothing about people of color. I guess they wanted the SERIES to be a bit edgier. TBH I prefer the BOOKS because the story feel more REAL. The SERIES goes back and forth in time with the Empire of Cleon and cloning, etc. etc. Which is a MAJOR part of the SERIES... In the BOOKS there is NONE of that non-sense.

Anyways... If someone is looking for something to READ. I'd recommend the BOOKS... I paid about $75 CAD for 3 Books (so $25 CAD per book). You can get it now on Amazon.com for about $23 USD (WOW that is a real AMAZING DEAL):

https://www.amazon.com/Foundation-3-Book-Boxed-Set-Empire/dp/0593499573/

Like I said if you want a QUALITY read... The books are super EASY to read. A Chapter lasts like 3 to 4 pages and on to the next. FAST READING and the storytelling is pretty decent too. That's an AMAZING Price too!

Cheers!

lewpuls
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Typical writer's disease is

Typical writer's disease is to try to "add value" to a property such as Foundation rather than faithfully reflect it. (Harry Potter was one of the few that rarely did this.) And usually the film/TV writers aren't as good at it as the original, not surprisingly. So I'm not surprised to hear the series added things. I read Foundation etc. maybe 60 years ago (when most everything in SF was white male), no harm in making Hardin female I'd think.

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