Cenedril_Gildinaur wrote: |
Loved it.
Advice - only read the first three foundation books. Don't read books four and five, and don't read the two pre-quels.
It's not because they are bad - they are very good.
The reason is you want to read the Robot trilogy and the Stars Like Dust trilogy before you read the four additional Foundation books and the additional Robot books.
"The End of Eternity" is also referenced somewhat obliquely, and certain events in "Nemesis" can be seen as prefiguring things in Foundations Edge (Book IV). Neither "Nemesis" or "The End of Eternity" are critical to the chronology, but while Eternity is a strong work, (some see it as one of Asimov's best in terms of plot), Nemesis is a weaker work.
In addition, the continuation of the Robot Series with "Robots and Empire" is a great tying up of plot threads from the Robot novels and the Galactic Empire novels, particularly "Pebble in the Sky".
"Robots and Empire" should certainly be read before the Foundation prequels, and before "Foundation and Earth", which completes the circle from Robot Novels-->"Pebble in the Sky" (etc)-->"Robots and Empire"-->"Foundation and Earth". You shouldn't have to wait to read "Foundation's Edge" before "Robots and Empire", however.
"Pebble in the Sky" was written before "Robots and Empire", but it follows it in the internal chronology.
It is still preferable to read Pebble earlier, since "Robots and Empire" does a brilliant twist on the events in that book, that is better if read in the order that they were originally written.
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