Forward the Foundation by Isaac AsimovMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
I have read this novel many times. You see I'm older now and forgetting stuff. That being written. I do remember much of the story.
Asimov is very detailed of how an empire deteriorates. It doesn't matter who is heading the empire. He demonstrated that in that particular culture.
They were three particular government styles for the empire one actually had an emperor with certain authority when this one was assassinated then there was a military junta that ran the empire. When that one fell they went back to having an emperor but was more of a figurehead a symbol than anything else it reminds me of the British Empire of today or basically the British Commonwealth. Where the queen is just a figurehead.
One observation I will make that many probably have seen before and I probably commented it on it that most of Isaac Asimov stories are set on academia.
It demonstrate how difficult it is to get funding for a very important project that may benefit many. In years past funding has to come from the government and most of the time it comes from the military. And the military will benefit before the general public will.
I could get into details about this since I am reading a book about it it's nonfiction of course but it relates to the force marriage between government and science especially astrophysics.
While this book is a good read I do not recommend anybody to read the book until they read the original trilogy of the foundation.
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