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Foundation's Fear (Second Foundation Trilogy) (Mass Market Paperback)
by Gregory Benford (Author)
2.2 out of 5 stars  (14 customer reviews)

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  • Mass Market Paperback: 624 pages
  • Publisher: Eos; Reprint edition (Mar 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0061056383
  • ISBN-13: 978-0061056383
  • Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.6 x 3.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  (14 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 140,187 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This is the first instalment of The Second Foundation Trilogy, based on Isaac Asimov's famous Foundation series. Acclaimed hard science fiction writers Gregory Benford, David Brin and Greg Bear will each produce a work for the trilogy. Benford kicks off exploring the beginnings of the Foundation itself and its creator, Hari Seldon. Seldon is working on a project to ease the inevitable collapse of the universe- spanning Empire and the Dark Ages that will ensue. But the current emperor has other plans, like appointing Seldon first minister and thus thrusting him into a world of political intrigues and assassination attempts that ultimately will bring him up against future history's greatest threat. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

John Clute
`In 1942, Isaac Asimov began the Foundation series, and the future took shape. It was a story we could walk into. Now it's time to take another step' --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Fear not, this is a firm Foundation, 16 Jan 2002
By Mr. R. Scillitoe "robstar69" (London, England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Foundation's Fear (Second Foundation Trilogy) (Paperback)
In the true spirit of Asimov, Benford has taken a completely unrelated story subject and attempted to tack it onto the side of the Foundation saga. Unfortunately, unlike the real thing, I found this book very easy to put down.

Benford introduces the idea of simulated personalities (based on two historical figures) existing in a virtual universe (which of course crosses over into the real world) who then develop, escape and reproduce, a bit like a computer virus, and cause much mayhem. Though this was (eventually) a useful idea, it got a bit boring and threatened to become the main story of the book, rather than develop as an interesting sideline to the Psychohistory theme. I constantly found myself wanting to skip these sections and get back to the plight of Hari and chums.

Good effort though, and don't let this put you off. Benford's opening provides a good foundation for further and more interesting (and convincing) development. Persist and you will be rewarded...

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