Title: Foundation and Empire

Author: Isaac Asimov

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Genre: Science Fiction

Pages: 320

Rating: 4/5 stars

Reading Challenges: Perpetual -

Led by its founding father, the psychohistorian Hari Seldon, and utilizing science and technology, the Foundation survived the greed and barbarism of its neighboring warrior-planets. Now cleverness and courage may not be enough. For the Empire—the mightiest force in the Galaxy—is even more dangerous in its death throes. Even worse, a mysterious entity called the Mule has appeared with powers beyond anything humanly conceivable. Who—or what—is the Mule? And how is humanity to defend itself against this invulnerable avatar of annihilation?

A bit uneven, but this book has furthered the saga so much! I am desperate to know what happens to the Foundation and to the Second Foundation. I cannot wait until the secrets of Star’s End are revealed. For this book, I had to settle for seeing how Foundation centered on Terminus rose to the the status of a Galactic Empire. We get to see the big confrontation between the Foundation and the Old Empire. Very interested within the larger saga of the galaxy.

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