Foundation

I first read the first four Foundation books about six years ago. I didn't write a review for the first three because I read them in anticipation of the fourth, Foundation's Edge, during my Hugo winners reading marathon. But I did give a brief summary of my thoughts of each book in my review of Edge. Back then, I liked the first four stories and didn't care for the fifth. (The first three books are collections of short stories, novellas, and novelettes about the Foundation). This time, I didn't care for the first three stories, liked the fourth, and really liked the fifth. Overall, though, I found all five stories of this book to be too overloaded with exposition. It's all "Well let me tell you how I did this" or "Let me tell you what happened" rather than showing me through action. And granted, these stories were written in the '40s, but, OMG, this book is about a bunch of cigar smoking privileged white guys who control or try to control the future of the galaxy.

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