• Eq0@literature.cafe
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      15 hours ago

      Personal favorites: Caves of Steel and The Currents of Space.

      Obviously, the main Foundation trilogy is a glorious space opera, but I sometimes feel its writing is a bit too dry. It almost feels like ready a piece of theatre.

          • 𞋴𝛂𝛋𝛆@lemmy.world
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            8 hours ago

            Really?! I love how he brought robots back into the Foundation universe and explored the ineptitude of human psychology due to dogma and the stupidity of religious systems of belief.

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              I might give it another try, the first time around I found it forced and bland. Like Asimov tried to connect pieces that were not meant to connect, while not having a lot of inspiration