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Review Summaries
"Foundation and Earth is the last of the Asimov's Foundation series, but it does not concern itself with The Foundations's struggle to the Second Galactic Empire. Golan Trevize, made a supreme decision influencing the Final Destiny of the Galaxy based on his unexplained intuitive power of making the RIGHT decision based on insufficient data. For some reason, he believes that finding the long, lost planet of Humanity's Origin, namely Earth, will justify his supremely important decision. This book describes his voyage into deep space and the ultimate future of the human race."
Mithun Jacob, Resident Isaac Asimov Scholar
"Golan Trevize, his trusty companion Janov Pelorat, and the alien Bliss search the galaxy for the planet of man's origin - Earth. This is the 6th book of the Foundation series. "Verbal Fencing" is the perfect checkbox to describe this book. If you love science (Asimov style) you may enjoy this book, but otherwise I would suggest an abridged edition just to get the main facts. It would have made a good novella but there just wasn't enough content for a 350 page novel."
Shane Tiernan, Resident Issac Asimov Scholar
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Plot
Composition of Book Descript. of chases or violence - 10% planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 60% Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20% Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 10%
Tone of book
- suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION?
- science fiction story
Tech./$$$/Info hunt
Yes
Stealing/recovering/destroying
- info about lifeform(s)/society/phenomena
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- politician/elected ruler
Age:
- 20's-30's
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- none
- Robot
Age:
- long-lived adults
Profession/status:
- mastermind
Has magical powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist:
- mind reading
- mind control
- can read emotions
- is very quick
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a little/some
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Genius (really!)
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Terrain
- Planet surface, need spacesuit
- Domed/Underground City
Earth setting:
- distant future
Spaceship setting:
- one or two man fighter/scoutship
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body:
- humans in a futuristic society
- humans in a contemporary society
- unfriendly aliens
- primitive aliens
- empty, or nearly empty world
- very controlled society
Takes place on Earth?
Yes
Planet outside solar system?
Yes
Takes place in spaceship?
Yes
Style
Person?
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
scientific jargon? (SF only)
- a significant amount of technical jargon
- quite a lot of techical jargon
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
- descript of kissing
- society controls main character's sexing
- description of breasts
- doing it with a robot/computer
How much dialogue?
- mostly dialog
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