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hpr4280 :: Isaac Asimov: The Foundation

A look at Isaac Asimov and the writing of the Foundation series.

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Science Fiction and Fantasy.

A series where hosts talk about Science Fiction and Fantasy in the form of books, movies, TV series, etc.

There were three authors who were considered the Big Three in the Golden age: Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, and Robert A. Heinlein. We will look at all three, but this episode is a look at Asimov, from his beginnings to the writing of his most famous work, the Foundation series. We will see what this series was saying in its original form of the Foundation Trilogy, then at the expansion of the series in the 1980s when Asimov took it up again. We will also mention the trilogy assigned to three other writers in the late 1990s, and to the audio and video adaptations.


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Comment #1 posted on 2025-01-01 16:12:38 by Red Orm

hpr4280 :: Isaac Asimov: The Foundation

One of my favourite things about the Foundation Trilogy, apart from the scale and brilliance of the story, was the cover art by Chris Foss on one of the paperback editions on sale in the UK. You could place all three front covers in order and have a bigger better picture, what I later learnt was a triptych.

I look forward to your next podcast.

Comment #2 posted on 2025-01-02 13:26:56 by Kevin O'Brien

Thank you

I am a huge fan of Asimov, and over the years I cannot guess how many times I have read the original trilogy, but over 20 seems like a plausible number. I plan to continue this series with more Golden Age SF and more Doctor Who, and I don't imagine I will ever run out of material.

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