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The Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov

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The Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov

Ted Gioia
Jan 1, 2000
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The Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov

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This well-known series of books captures the best and the worst of speculative fiction in a single sweeping narrative. I will even coin a new term—the Asimov syndrome—to describe this distinctive combination of the high and the low. It’s all summed up in the dilemma faced by the reviewer who must figure out how to evaluate a literary work that mixes bri…

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