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- The Best Books Like DuneReading list
Isaac Asimov’s “Foundation” is less a book and more a monument in the landscape of science fiction. It shares a lot of common ground with “Dune,” particularly in its exploration of empire, civilization, and the cyclical nature of history. The premise is intriguing: Hari Seldon, a ‘psychohistorian,’ predicts the fall…
- Oliver AstrologoInterview
I always had a strong passion for the Sci-Fiction and “Far Future” themed stories, Isaac Asimov is definitely my most read author about this theme, I have read the entire series and the book Foundation by Isaac Asimov at least two times!
- Daniel OppenheimerInterview
Foundation by Isaac Asimov. I can’t tell you why without spoilers, but I think it’s every social scientists’ dream to have the data sets to be able to do the equivalent of psychohistory.
- Roman KrznaricInterview
Just looking over my shelves I see dozens of books that I associate with important people in my life. I associate Commentaries on Living by Krishnamurti with my grandfather Leo, Foundation by Isaac Asimov with my father, Emma by Jane Austen with my step-mother, and Buddhism Without Beliefs by Stephen Batchelor with my…
- The Best Books for Fans of Isaac AsimovReading list
Isaac Asimov didn’t just write science fiction—he built entire universes out of ideas, and then let us wander through them. Whether it was the psychohistory of the Foundation series predicting the rise and fall of a galactic empire, or the elegant, almost mathematical logic of his robot stories, Asimov had a gift for…
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