Isaac Asimov's Foundation Series
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| Rating | : | 4.61 (928 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1884214444 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 539 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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Isaac Asimov's Foundation Series book has been released since 2015-04-01. Isaac Asimov's Foundation Series are written by Isaac Asimov and it has 539 of pages on paperback.
"Kindle edition is a watered down disaster" according to J. Callen. This review is specifically of the Kindle edition, published by Ballantine/Bantam.The Foundation Trilogy is a wonderful piece of work, but the Kindle edition butchers it! Someone has decided to water down Asimov's prose, eliminating some of the more enjoyable passages of the book. Here are some examples, found by comparison with an old Bantam Doubleday hardcover edition.Several pages into chapter Kindle edition is a watered down disaster This review is specifically of the Kindle edition, published by Ballantine/Bantam.The Foundation Trilogy is a wonderful piece of work, but the Kindle edition butchers it! Someone has decided to water down Asimov's prose, eliminating some of the more enjoyable passages of the book. Here are some examples, found by comparison with an old Bantam Doubleday hardcover edition.Several pages into chapter 3, Salvor Hardin is arguing with the Encyclopedists about the decline of the Empire.Original: "If you ask me,", he c. , Salvor Hardin is arguing with the Encyclopedists about the decline of the Empire.Original: "If you ask me,", he c. Really pretty book. Nathan Erickson The three books are great, a little unusual at first but that's just Asimov's writing style, it'll normalize after the first chapter and you'll find yourself burning through the content.The book's hardware is great! The hard purple cover, with the lovely sci-fi circuitry artwork, with the painting in the middle, it all looks great. The little bookmark ribbon that's included was a happy surprise, I really appreciated that. The golden edge on the pages makes it feel like a holy book, lol.The only odd part? There . A quick read, but deep in every aspect. For a long time I chose not to read The Foundation novels because I imagined they would be too detailed and hard-core science fiction for me to enjoy, but I was wrong.This book is a quick read, but it is not a children's book. Asimov traversed the future in leaps of time and kept sense of it all while introducing new characters and stories with each leap, all the while melding the past with the future. To do this with such little detail yet powerful imagery is what kept me wanting more.The story never has a dul