Foundation

3.5⭐️

A very interesting political sci-fi classic. I do mention political, because if you decide to read this book you need to be aware that there is more politics than science here. I did find the manoeuvring quite fascinating though and I think it was done quite well.

My criticism lies with the lack of challenge to the main driving theory of this book. Namely that science, combined with psychology, could predict the future. I don't think the author made the case for this being possible well enough - it was mostly presented as an axiomatic statement and then maintained all the way till the end. I wish that the author would at least attempt to question it. Because being that there is an infinite number of variables which could change the future from one moment to the next, creating your entire plot on the basis of that not being the case is a little naive, in my opinion.