Foundation (1951) The third Foundation novel, comprised of 5 stories originally published between 1942-1949.(Not in Asimov's list as it had not been written yet.) Forward the Foundation (1992) The second Foundation novel.Prelude to Foundation (1988) The first Foundation novel.Pebble in the Sky (1950) The third and final Empire novel.The Stars, Like Dust- (1951) The second Empire novel.The Currents of Space (1952) The first Empire novel.Robots and Empire (1985) The fourth (final) Robot novel. The Robots of Dawn (1983) The third Robot novel.The Naked Sun (1957) The second Robot novel.The Caves of Steel (1954) His first Robot novel.The Complete Robot (1982) Collection of 31 Short Stories about robots.The author himself, Isaac Asimov, wrote in the Author's Note of the Prelude to Foundation that he is providing a guide for those readers that might appreciate it since the books "were not written in the order in which (perhaps) they should be read." Therein, he offers the following chronological order:
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What I didn’t expect was a fantasy novel that not only treats Gatsby with respect, but that ingeniously makes use of Fitzgerald’s plot and even swatches of his dialogue, not to critique or parody the original, but to find ways of expanding its scope to address contemporary anxieties. I figured if Seth Grahame-Smith couldn’t do any lasting damage to Jane Austen, Gatsby would be safe. Would Weiss and Benioff decide to send a grief-stricken Daisy back to East Egg to burn it all to the ground with a pair of pissed-off dragons? Would the narrator Nick Carraway find himself literally “borne back ceaselessly into the past,” as the famous last line of the novel has it, maybe ending up in Bridgerton? I, for one, was never really concerned about the integrity of Fitzgerald’s original, since I regard it as one of the great American novels. 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