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Le Cycle de Fondation (Tome 4) - Fondation foudroyée

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Prévoyant l'effondrement prochain de l'Empire galactique, le psychohistorien Hari Seldon a jadis crée deux Fondations, l'une officielle, l'autre occulte, afin de préserver la civilisation d'une interminable période de chaos. Pourtant, cinq siècles après leur établissement, alors même que la Première Fondation n'a jamais été aussi puissante, un nouveau protagoniste semble entrer en jeu, œuvrant dans l'ombre à l'insu de tous. Peut-être tient-il entre ses mains le devenir de l'humanité tout entière...

632 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 18, 2021

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Isaac Asimov

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Works of prolific Russian-American writer Isaac Asimov include popular explanations of scientific principles, The Foundation Trilogy (1951-1953), and other volumes of fiction.

Isaac Asimov, a professor of biochemistry, wrote as a highly successful author, best known for his books.

Asimov, professor, generally considered of all time, edited more than five hundred books and ninety thousand letters and postcards. He published in nine of the ten major categories of the Dewey decimal classification but lacked only an entry in the category of philosophy (100).

People widely considered Asimov, a master of the genre alongside Robert Anson Heinlein and Arthur Charles Clarke as the "big three" during his lifetime. He later tied Galactic Empire and the Robot into the same universe as his most famous series to create a unified "future history" for his stories much like those that Heinlein pioneered and Cordwainer Smith and Poul Anderson previously produced. He penned "Nightfall," voted in 1964 as the best short story of all time; many persons still honor this title. He also produced well mysteries, fantasy, and a great quantity of nonfiction. Asimov used Paul French, the pen name, for the Lucky Starr, series of juvenile novels.

Most books of Asimov in a historical way go as far back to a time with possible question or concept at its simplest stage. He often provides and mentions well nationalities, birth, and death dates for persons and etymologies and pronunciation guides for technical terms. Guide to Science, the tripartite set Understanding Physics, and Chronology of Science and Discovery exemplify these books.

Asimov, a long-time member, reluctantly served as vice president of Mensa international and described some members of that organization as "brain-proud and aggressive about their IQs." He took more pleasure as president of the humanist association. The asteroid 5020 Asimov, the magazine Asimov's Science Fiction, an elementary school in Brooklyn in New York, and two different awards honor his name.

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January 22, 2024
L'histoire avance toujours aussi lentement, mais contente qu'on ait moins d'ellipses et qu'on puisse, enfin, suivre des personnages sur tout un tome 🚀
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April 8, 2025
« Fondation foudroyée » m’a offert une lecture en demi-teinte. L’histoire est globalement intéressante et les personnages aussi. Ils évoluent au fil du récit et des péripéties rencontrées. La plume est plus fluide qu’auparavant et nous avons plus de temps pour côtoyer les héros. Malheureusement, le tout pêche par un rythme trop lent, des passages trop théoriques, un manque d’action et des révélations guère surprenantes (hormis un ou deux points). Je ne suis pas sûre d’approuver totalement les changements opérés par l’auteur sur ce tome. J’aurais aimé qu’il enlève 150/200 pages pour dynamiser son roman et que je n’ai pas qu’une envie : en finir rapidement pour en être enfin débarrassée.
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January 24, 2026
Absolument génial. L'un de mes préférés sinon mon préféré de tout la saga. Je commence Terre et Fondation en espérant quelque chose d'aussi bon. Le lien avec le cycle des robots donne une cohésions quasi biblique à l'oeuvre d'Asimov. Ça en devient presque plus grand que nature.
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