Foundation   (book)

Foundation

I've heard the name Isaac Asimov sporadically over my reading career, always as synonymous with "science fiction." Although the link goes to a different edition than I have, I'm sure they haven't screwed it up too bad. Looks like the one I have is an '83 vintage!

So yeah, the Foundation trilogy won the Hugo award for *ahem* Best. Trilogy Ever. It's quite good. Isaac manages to slip a lot of social commentary into a book I always assumed was about light sabers and photon torpedoes. WTG Isaac!

The book is divided into a couple sections, each dealing with a different type of power wielded over the masses. First comes blind academia, then fabricated religion, then greed and trade. It's a very thought-provoking book, as I would expect any book that deals with distribution of and shifts of power as well as consequences of people's actions on such an enormous scale to be.