Prelude to Foundation by Issac Asimov

Prelude to Foundation by Isaac Asimov
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

As a standalone novel, this is quite entertaining. There are various parts that are way too in-depth such as descriptions of new technologies that would have been omitted in the previous novels, and Asimov really goes to town to fill these details in. He’s at a stage where he realises that he has an audience but really bores the pants off the reader with too much information, though there some amusing moments such as with the citizens of Mycogen. His characters are also very unrealistic. It’s quite an odd adventure and Seldon is easily convinced that a conspiracy is to be covered if he submits to the authorities and chooses to hide in whatever capacity he is offered. It’s also quite odd that Dors possesses certain abilities that happen to be key to Seldon’s survival later on in his adventure. The ending is also disappointing. We learn nothing of Seldon’s discoveries and conclusions and can only hope that they’re revealed to us in the final instalment.

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