Foundation and Empire Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Isaac Asimov (Author), William Hope (Narrator), HarperCollins (Publisher)

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Winner of the Hugo Award for Best All-Time Series

The Foundation series is Isaac Asimov’s iconic masterpiece. Unfolding against the backdrop of a crumbling Galactic Empire, the story of Hari Seldon’s two Foundations is a lasting testament to an extraordinary imagination, one whose unprecedented scale shaped science fiction as we know it today.

The First Foundation survived two centuries of barbarism as the once-mighty Galactic Empire descended into chaos. Now it must prepare for war against the remnants of the Empire as the Imperial fleet advances on their planet, Terminus.

Hari Seldon predicted this war; he even prepared his Foundation for it. But he couldn’t foresee the birth of the mutant Mule. In possession of a power which reduces fearsome opposition to devoted slaves, the Mule poses a terrible threat to Seldon’s Foundation.

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9 hours and 33 minutes
Author

Isaac Asimov
Narrator

William Hope
Audible release date

26 September 2019
Language

English
Publisher

HarperCollins
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B07VXJQX58
Version

Unabridged
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Listening Length	9 hours and 33 minutes
Author	Isaac Asimov
Narrator	William Hope
Whispersync for Voice	Ready
Audible.com.au Release Date	26 September 2019
Publisher	HarperCollins
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B07VXJQX58
Best Sellers Rank	2,021 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) 16 in Space Exploration Science Fiction 21 in First Contact Science Fiction (Audible Books & Originals) 24 in Hard Science Fiction (Audible Books & Originals)

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That this version of Foundation is an Adaptation.

Reviewed in Australia on 4 November 2021

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I read the series on Foundation, must have been nearly 30 years ago and forgotten time flies. The tv series is very good. Getting weekly installs is a bit hard to take. Being nearly ninety now and i hopefully will see the end.

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andrew

Great to read again after so many years

Reviewed in Australia on 10 September 2020

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A shame the rest of the Foundation books are not available on Kindle. But it was still great to be able read the original series again. As a classic it does not seem at all dated. You can really see how so many other greats like Dune and Star Wars and so many others all started with Foundation.

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A. Morgan-jones

Classic SF from a master storyteller: Written in the 1940s

Reviewed in Australia on 11 November 2021

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The story drags the reader along multiple timelines as the Foundation grows and changes and "The Empire " falls. The lead characters are not always heroes. In fact many are not. Really absorbing read.

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David Young

A refreshing second reading, forty years after reading it as a teenager

Reviewed in Australia on 24 November 2021

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Thought I’d reread the novels before Apple’s version breaks upon us. It was far more approachable & digestible than I’d remembered it.

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Tom Hamilton

Nostalgic for me

Reviewed in Australia on 1 June 2022

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Well written

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Valerie Merritt

, love the books but dearly wanted an audible one does any one do this with an English accent?

Reviewed in Australia on 29 December 2021

The accent of the person reading put me off listening

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K. Mayes

Never go back

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 October 2021

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I first read the Foundation trilogy back in the ‘60’s and as a 16 year old lad I was amazed by how brilliant it was, this galaxy wide Empire story gripped my imagination like no other had. Over the years I have often thought about it and how fantastic and futuristic the story was with all its plots, characters and twists and turns, surely the greatest SF book of all time, and I have held that opinion for the last 60 years.
I decided it was time to revisit the Foundation series and ordered the trilogy and looked forward to being enthralled by the writings of Asimov once again.
Oh dear! This is definitely not how I remembered it at all, the story seems so very silly now, planets that had lost nuclear power are taught to treat it as a religion, run by the Priesthood of the First Foundation when they reintroduce it. How very unlikely. Simply because they had lost the skilled workforce and knowledge necessary to build nuclear power plants and atomic devices certainly does not mean they will regard it in awe as a mysterious religious force of some weird priesthood when reintroduced. No, not even remotely plausible, even when trying to go along with it for the sake of the story.
The wonderful power of Seldon’s psychohistory in predicting the future path the Foundation would take over the next thousand years, while so believable at the time, now doesn’t make sense at all, just not realistic, Chaos Theory changed all that!
I should have left Foundation where I found it, back in the past, it has come as a great disappointment to discover it isn’t the wonderful masterpiece I once believed it was. I really regret reading it again as an older, and perhaps wiser, but definitely more cynical, grumpy old grandfather.
Never go back, things are never as you remembered them in your youth.

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JRF

Unmissable continuation of the saga

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 October 2021

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The label "The greatest science fiction series of all time" is definitely not hyperbole. So don't hesitate, unless you are expecting the book to have the feel of having been written today rather than in the 1950s, in which case you will no doubt find things to take issue with.

And do be aware that the new TV series from Apple is very different from the books. Happily, this second book of the original "Foundation" series does not (unlike "Foundation") use of an image from the series on the cover, so that should avoid giving the impression the book will reflect what's on screen. (From what I've seen so far, the books are much better.)

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Bob Shortis

A really good read.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 November 2020

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I first read this as a teenager, it hasn't lost its any of its attraction, still a really good read.

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Amazon_Customer

Still a good read.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 April 2020

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Not quite as good as I remember from reading paperback many years ago.

It's dated a little with the amount of smoking especially cigars in the dialogue!

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Ged123

Great read!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 January 2022

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My husband read this series years ago & thought it was the best ever, so I got it for my daughter for Christmas. She thoroughly enjoyed it too proving that it is time-less.

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