Isaac Asimov: Foundation and Empire (Paperback, 1966, Avon Books)
mass market paperback, 224 pages
Published Nov. 20, 1966 by Avon Books.
Led by its founding father, the great psychohistorian Hari Seldon, and taking advantage of its superior science and technology, the Foundation has survived the greed and barbarism of its neighboring warrior-planets. Yet now it must face the Empire still the mightiest force in the Galaxy even in its death throes. When an ambitious general determined to restore the Empire's glory turns the vast Imperial fleet toward the Foundation, the only hope for the small planet of scholars and scientists lies in the prophecies of Hari Seldon.
It's a fun book but it's not as good as the first one. Worth a read if you really like the setting but that's kinda it.
Would have normally rated it 4* but that ending... Wow!
Isaac Asimov posits a future where children are educated to only interact with each other through electronic devices ("viewing") rather than face-to-face ("seeing"), leading to a society where people only see their partners and colleagues only at prearranged times.
