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(More customer reviews)Isaac Asimov. The Foundation Trilogy. Everyman's Library.
Those three ingredients are truly all that is necessary in this review.
The contents of this volume and people's opinions concerning it are amply represented elsewhere and I will not labor unnecessarily over the Foundation trilogy. Many of us will call it a classic, some of us will not understand why others love it in quite the way that some of us do. The writing is crisp and sometimes sparse, frequently detailed, and always brimming with interesting ideas that not only make good science fiction subject matter, but are worth thinking about in our lives, our futures, and any abstract moments of free time we may have.
The introduction by Dirda is not overly long, but it does provide some interesting information and context for the author and stories. The Everyman's Library chronology is useful as ever and if you are building your own home library with Everyman's editions or have at least a few Everyman's editions kicking around you will be familiar with them. More importantly the typeface used and the layout of the text itself is, as usual, top notch. Nice even ink exposure throughout.
Finally, as with so many Everyman's editions this volume is case bound with cloth over the boards, has a half round spine, cream colored acid-free paper (that smells good), a ribbon, coordinated head and tail bands, and a sewn binding to ensure longevity.
If you are pining for the Foundation Trilogy, this is the edition to purchase it in. If you would like to read it again, this is the edition for you. If your copies lack quality, are dying an acid death due to the ravages of time, or are simply unimpressive, than this is the edition for you.
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Isaac Asimov's seminal Foundation trilogy—one of the cornerstones of modern speculative fiction—in a single hardcover volume.It is the saga of the Galactic Empire, crumbling after twelve thousand years of rule. And it is the particular story of psychohistorian Hari Seldon, the only man who can see the horrors the future has in store—a dark age of ignorance, barbarism, and violence that will last for thirty thousand years. Gathering a band of courageous men and women, Seldon leads them to a hidden location at the edge of the galaxy, where he hopes they can preserve human knowledge and wisdom through the age of darkness.In 1966, the Foundation trilogy received a Hugo Award for Best All-Time Series, and it remains the only fiction series to have been so honored. More than fifty years after their original publication, the three Foundation novels stand as classics of thrilling, provocative, and inspired world-building.
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