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Just curious, exactly what books are you recommending. Personally I know the first three published were a great read.
Foundation (1951)
Foundation and Empire (1952)
Second Foundation (1953)
The next book wasn't written until 1982 and I wonder how successful the merge with the original trilogy was.
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Hi Dwanthy - great to meet another Foundation fan!
I am recommending the five main books in the series - the original trilogy plus the much later sequels. I know some don't like the last two books, but they do - IMO - offer a better narrative in terms of character development, etc. I understand why some don't enjoy them as much as there is a big change of pace from having three generations of characters in one book suddenly transformed into the same set of characters for the last two. By personally, I don't think the first three really tell the completed story. That said the finale in the final book isn't amazing either, but I did feel that after having read all five I had read the complete saga, as it were. Also, it was the latter books, particuarly the last, that I felt were most suited to this thread.
I take it your not a fan of books 4 and 5? In haven't read the prequels yet so I cannot comment on them...yet
