I think I would recommend this one only for completionist reasons, but for the time, most people read this for nostalgia for the author. Il protagonista è ancora una volta Hari Seldon, impegnato nello sviluppo e nell'applicazione pratica della Psicostoria. I lived and breathed all the wonderful ideas from the original trilogy and I had really liked the sequels and then the prequels came along and I was all, Hari Seldon, Hari Seldon. Ho sempre provato una rabbia profonda per lo spirito di sacrificio di questi uomini e donne rispetto all'arroganza della Prima Fondazione. He died of a heart attack and kidney failure, so he might also been in poor health during the writing of this book, and couldn't exert as much effort on it as he would have liked.

Me parece que si su obra de ciencia ficción es tan reconocida, no es por el manejo de las palabras, sino por el manejo de los conceptos. Even when Seldon reaches the age of 60, I’m not sure he would be as “infirm” as you make him out to be. Not only does this volume tie up most of the remaining loose ends in the sporadic Foundation series, but by focusing on the latter half of Hari Seldon's life, it provides Asimov with a platform for expressing his own views on growing older. También noto la pluma ya cansada de Asimov en sus últimos años de vida ya que el tema central del libro es el paso del tiempo a través de Seldon, cómo cada vez se siente más mayor, cómo recuerda cuando era joven. The parallels between Hari Seldon and Isaac Asimov found in this book— the last one written by Asimov before his death— and the focus on Hari Seldon as he grows old and dies, strengthen the idea that Asimov considered Seldon his literary alter ego.If, however, you are a fan of science fiction but not particularly interested in its older, sexist iterations like this series, then give this a miss. Asimov hace mucho énfasis en los sentimientos de sus personajes, en la manera en que cada uno se percibe a sí mismo y en sus reflexiones acerca de cuál es el papel que desempeñan.

Completed just weeks before his death in April 1992, 'Forward The Foundation' offers a dramatic climax to the 'Foundation' series, and is perhaps the greatest moment in science fiction to date. This one isn't as good as the first prequel, which itself had some of the same problems I found here.Hell, there was a brand-new adaptation of "Foundation" on Apple+ just this last spring; I mean, a shitty and unwatchable adaptation, make no mistake, but there's something amazing to be said that people are still willing to gamble hundreds of millions of dollars on his stories.

Meaning that there is a coup which ends in the Emperor's death and a decade of what can only be described as disaster. It depicts how Seldon develops his theory of psychohistory from hypothetical concept to practical application, and its application in the Seldon plan. Raych offers to infiltrate the conspiracy, but its leader, Namarti (who was an associate of Joranum) easily recognizes Raych and has him drugged and brainwashed to use him as a weapon. Joranum meets with Hari and Raych in a failed attempt to get Hari to join him, but then he shows a strange focus on Raych's stories of Demerzel's strange behavior: soon enough, several advertisements denounce Demerzel as a robot. Sadly, this hadn't a lot of Foundation stuff in it and it's actually the weakest in the series so far.Eppure è un romanzo che tiene avvinti ancora, che ti fa andare avanti (anche se già ricordi qualche colpo di scena) e ti rende speranzoso di vedere l'evolversi del grande progetto di Hari Sheldon: poter prevedere a livello di statistiche e probabilità il procedere del genere umano, gli intoppi, le scarse possibilità di successo. En su novela Hacia la Fundación, Asimov nos plantea una problemática interesante: ¿Qué pasaría si fuera posible predecir los acontecimientos futuros? The story is broken down into four parts, each focusing on one of Seldon's allies being under duress mainly because of the psycho-history project.