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Narrated by:
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William Hope
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By:
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Isaac Asimov
About this listen
WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST ALL-TIME SERIES
The Foundation series is Isaac Asimov’s iconic masterpiece. Unfolding against the backdrop of a crumbling Galactic Empire, the story of Hari Seldon’s two Foundations is a lasting testament to an extraordinary imagination, one that shaped science fiction as we know it today.
The First Foundation has been defeated, crushed by the formidable mental powers of the Mule. But whispers of the mysterious Second Foundation, the only hope of defeating the Mule, are beginning to spread…
Surviving members of the First Foundation also fear the secret powers of the Second Foundation, vowing to find and destroy it. However, the location of the Second Foundation remains shrouded in mystery. Finding it will lead the Foundation to the opposite end of the Galaxy, where the fate of Seldon’s two Foundations awaits.
©2019 Isaac Asimov (P)2019 HarperCollins Publishers LimitedCritic Reviews
"One of the most staggering achievements in modern SF." (The Times)
"Isaac Asimov was one of the great explainers of the age. It will never be known how many practising scientists today, in how many countries, owe their initial inspiration to a book, article, or short story by Isaac Asimov." (Carl Sagan)
"Asimov displayed one of the most dynamic imaginations in science fiction." (Daily Telegraph)
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- AJL
- 15-08-2021
Superb series from start to finish.
What a mind Asimov had! To be able to think of all those plot intricacies and subtleties - dude was too smart!
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- Anonymous User
- 04-02-2022
Before his time
I'm left wanting more... truly Isaac Asimov could see into our future. very cool book
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- Shaun Haddrill
- 27-03-2020
A masterpiece by Asimov!
Was listening in anticipation all the way until the end of the third book. The narrator did an excellent job with voicing the various accents and personalities.
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- Chelsea Hardy
- 22-03-2021
Second Foundation: Asimov finds his stride
Second Foundation is the third book, and final for a planned trilogy of books in the foundation series. As the title suggests, I believe that during the production of this work Asimov truly polished his writing style, and in some ways so has William Hope. Asimov has moved away from his short story construction of the first book, and perfected a style that was developed in the second.
William Hope delivers a great performance, clearly his best of the trilogy. He encapsulates the character's mannerisms far better than in the previous books, and again I feel like Hope somewhat perfected his art in the third. His performance this time overcame all criticisms I have had of his performance in the other works, and I think it perhaps shows a maturation of his acting ability. Though it's unclear to me the complete history of his other VA roles, mostly non fiction from what I could see. To that end, I'm my mind, it appears as though perhaps before his role was that of narrator, but now has keenly developed his acting ability. Which is fantastic! I hope more of the Foundation series is recorded with him as the VA, and if they are, I will greedily gobble them up too.
The plot of Second Foundation follows on fairly directly from Empire and Foundation. The main focus being that of the Second Foundation, are they real? Where are they? Are they a threat? The far more intriguing plot of this book actually leads to questions being answered, as is Asimov's style. Yet it also, for the first time I might add, left me with a sense of uncertainty that seems to presage future events. The ten year gap between the third and fourth books of the series leads me to believe that Asimov was leaving himself open to writing more, even though there was a sense of conclusion in the final moments of this book.
Second Foundation is easily the best of the Foundation Trilogy.
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