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As a visual person for me its all about the writing and Visualizing the scenes and characters in the storyline
to be honest the parts of Foundation where Harry Seldon was still Alive were intriguing somehow
but I quickly lost interest after that
This notion that some great "vision" can be communicated in the absence of well thought out descriptive writing just does not pass for me personally
its like trying to excuse to an untrained singing voice and bad song writing because the subject matter of the songs are so important or "visionary."
I had such high hopes for the Foundation series....perhaps too high
But reading it was like reading a Junior high school book report about what might have been a great science fiction novel series.
Contrast this to the "Dune universe" of Frank Herbert where his (and yes even his sons writing)
,made me care about the Characters" even about the fate of that universe, I have a clear image in my Mind of what Vladamir Harkonnen or liet kynes looks like. because of
Frank's Descriptive writing
and "God Emperor of Dune" is IMHO one greatest novels ever written in any genre.
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