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The 9th in what can be seen as the "extended" 15 book Foundation Series. Also, the 1st of 2 prequels written after the success of the Foundation Trilogy. In this book we are introduced to the key character of Hair Seldon - the father of of Psychohistory. The strong Empire of the Galactic Empire trilogy has its decline exposed as part of the novel's narrative. ( ) OkCupid Galactica Welcome, hari_seldon_taco Have you tried our new book-film app? Improve your matches by answering new questions. Match Question #181: Are you attracted to dangerous situations? ● Yes ○ No Answer I’ll accept… ☒ Yes ☐ No This question is… ○ Irrelevant ○ A little important ○ Somewhat important ○ Very important ● Mandatory Ce roman d'Isaac Asimov fait partie du cycle de Fondation mais se déroule avant les évènements narrés dans le roman Fondation. Il met en scène le mathématicien Hari Seldon, alors âgé de trente-deux ans, alors qu'il vient de terminer une présentation de la science qu'il vient d'inventer, la psychohistoire, lors d'une convention de mathématique se déroulant sur Trantor, la planète capitale de l'Empire galactique. L'empereur Cléon Ier souhaite l'utiliser à des fins politiques mais Hari Seldon parvient à le convaincre que la psychohistoire n'est pour l'instant que théorique et qu'il n'a aucune idée de la manière de la développer afin de la rendre utilisable. Sa rencontre avec le journaliste Chetter Hummin va bouleverser sa vie : ce dernier lui affirme qu'Eto Demerzel, le premier ministre de Cléon Ier, tente de le capturer et il le convainc de rester sur Trantor plutôt que de rentrer sur sa planète natale Hélicon afin qu'il puisse s'occuper de sa protection. Traqué par Demerzel, Hari Seldon va découvrir plusieurs des secteurs clés de Trantor, qu'habitent des communautés très différentes, aves des croyances et des modes de vies très différents les uns des autres. Ces confrontations vont permettre de faire émerger dans l'esprit du mathématicien les prémices du développement pratique de la psychohistoire. Isaac Asimov parvient à mettre en scène les prémices de la psychohistoire tout en liant encore un peu plus son cycle de Fondation avec son cycle des robots, et en enrobant le tout dans une histoire plutôt intéressante. Une très belle réussite. Overall I felt this book dragged at some points and didn't need to be as long as it was. I found it harder to get fully into this than the Robot books. There were some pleasant surprises that came along, though, which made me enjoy the story more toward the end, and I'm compelled to continue the series. I believe that I started this book with the hopes of getting through the series or at least well into it before the Foundation show came out, but I failed miserably at that and now regret skipping the Empire series by jumping to this one. So word of advice: Read Asimov's books in chronological order! I read the original 3 books in the Foundation series years ago. However, I never got around to reading the later prequels. So much time has past since then, and I found it is like starting from scratch. I had also forgotten how good Asimov is at world building. Even though this book was originally published in 1989, the ideas regarding governments, social and economic problems are still relevant today. Maybe even more relevant today given the lines of division currently in our society. Add this to the great characters and I found the book entertaining and enjoyable. sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
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HTML:The first of two prequel novels in Isaac Asimov??s classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation series THE EPIC SAGA THAT INSPIRED THE APPLE TV+ SERIES FOUNDATION It is the year 12,020 G.E. and Emperor Cleon I sits uneasily on the Imperial throne of Trantor. Here in the great multidomed capital of the Galactic Empire, forty billion people have created a civilization of unimaginable technological and cultural complexity. Yet Cleon knows there are those who would see him fall??those whom he would destroy if only he could read the future. Hari Seldon has come to Trantor to deliver his paper on psychohistory, his remarkable theory of prediction. Little does the young Outworld mathematician know that he has already sealed his fate and the fate of humanity. For Hari possesses the prophetic power that makes him the most wanted man in the Empire . . . the man who holds the key to the future??an apocalyptic power to be known forever after as the Fo Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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