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Foundation and Empire

by storiesbywilliams on July 27, 2012 in Sci-Fi, Reviews, Books and tagged Isaac Asimov, galactic empire, edward gibbon, hari seldon, psychohistory, trantor, the foundation, terminus, the history of the decline and fall of the roman empire, foundation and empire, the mule, bel riose, the general, second foundation, the decline and fall of the roman empire, Magnifico Giganticus, Toran and Bayta Darell, Ebling Mis, Lathan Devers, Cleon II, Ducem Barr, General Belisarius, Emperor Justinian I

FYI: this is my 400th post, people! Woohoo! I hope Asimov is flattered… Hey, a guy can dream, can’t he? Welcome back to my ongoing review of Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series. Picking up where I left off last time, here we have book II in the series, known as Foundation and Empire. Much like Foundation, […]

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The Foundation Series

by storiesbywilliams on July 7, 2012 in Books, Reviews and tagged anacreon, Arthur C Clarke, decline and fall of the roman empire, Dune, edward gibbon, foundataion and empire, foundation, foundation series, foundation trilogy, Frank Herbert, galactic empire, hari seldon, Isaac Asimov, larry niven, middle ages, psychohistory, rome, salvor hardin, science fiction, seldon crisis, seldon's plan, seldon's vault, terminus, the big three, the dark ages, the encyclopediasts, the fall of rome, the foundation, the history of the decline and fall of the roman empire, the mayors, the merchant princes, the psychohistorians, the roman empire, the traders, transmuter, trantor

When it comes to science fiction, few authors have achieved the kind of notoriety and prolific ouput of Isaac Asimov. Amongst the greats of classic sci-fi, he considered one of the “Big Three”, along with arry Niven and Arthur C. Clarke. And when it comes to his many novels, short stories, articles and thoughtful essays, […]

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Of Galactic Empires

by storiesbywilliams on March 9, 2012 in Sci-Fi, Series and tagged arrakis, Babylon 5, babylon 5 movies, battletech, Butlerian Jihad, centauri, custodian, dark ages, decline and fall of the roman empire, Dune, earth alliance, edward gibbon, foundation, foundation series, fremen, galactic empire, gene roddenberry, george lucas, hari seldon, history of the decline and fall of the roman empire, house atreides, house corrino, house harkonnen, in the beginning, interstellar alliance, Isaac Asimov, j michael straczynski, kaitan, league of non-aligned worlds, legends of dune series, mech warriors, mimbari, narn regime, narns, old republic, padisha emperor, Paul Atreides, planetkillers, planets, psychohistory, selusa secundus, Star Trek, Star Trek TNG, Star Wars, the borg, the first ones, the shadows, the spice, thinking machines, united federation of planets, vorlons

Hello again, fellow sci-fi fans! Today, I thought I’d write about something conceptual, something that is intrinsic to so much science fiction and keeps popping up in various forms. It’s something that has appeared in countless serials, novels, tv shows, movies, and RPG’s. I am referring, of course, to the concept of the Galactic Empire, […]

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