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Foundation

The Foundation Trilogy, Book 1

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Foundation

Written by: Isaac Asimov
Narrated by: William Hope
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WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST ALL-TIME SERIES

The Foundation series is Isaac Asimov’s iconic masterpiece. Unfolding against the backdrop of a crumbling Galactic Empire, the story of Hari Seldon’s two Foundations is a lasting testament to an extraordinary imagination, one that shaped science fiction as we know it today.

The Galactic Empire has prospered for twelve thousand years. Nobody suspects that the heart of the thriving Empire is rotten, until psychohistorian Hari Seldon uses his new science to foresee its terrible fate.

Exiled to the desolate planet Terminus, Seldon establishes a colony of the greatest minds in the Empire, a Foundation which holds the key to changing the fate of the galaxy.

However, the death throes of the Empire breed hostile new enemies, and the young Foundation’s fate will be threatened first.

©2019 Isaac Asimov (P)2019 HarperCollins Publishers Limited Classics First Contact Hard Science Fiction Science Fiction Space Exploration Space Opera

Critic Reviews

"One of the most staggering achievements in modern SF." (The Times)

"Isaac Asimov was one of the great explainers of the age...It will never be known how many practising scientists today, in how many countries, owe their initial inspiration to a book, article, or short story by Isaac Asimov." (Carl Sagan)

"Asimov displayed one of the most dynamic imaginations in science fiction." (Daily Telegraph)
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edit: due to how the narrator has his throat full of spit, "doing too much" in the way of faking even the non-character accent, and the extreme ugly annoying yelling constantly for ALL words of specific characters: I have now ditched this audiobook and moved to another narrator. this narrator should not touch anything of value. he is the opposite of midas touch, turns gold to poop

makes me cringe so much, is almost yelling into the mic in an annoying way because he has decided for a specific characters “voice” is just yelling. I’d rather he didn’t try to be a voice actor and just narrated, he is clearly poor at the former. doing worse accents than an edgy teenager who thinks he’s a comedian and mimic after two beers. random nondescript accents as a way to distinguish characters. a lot of times his pitch/tone is the kind that makes you want to punch it. i am still listening as I am invested in the story, inspite of the terrible narrator.

terrible narrator

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