Foundation

So its the first book in The Foundation series by the great sci-fi writer Issac Azimov and i can say that im only half impressed.The first half was good to read with the novel idea and great characters and layout and all....but the second half is only readable.

I liked the characters and the plot he created esp Salvor Hardin,I liked the fact this novel has a lot other than science fiction like politics,pseudo sciences,psychology,religion.

But the main problem is that trying to tell the story of 3 generations means all the characters wont register properly in a busy reader's mind like mine :) .The story was overdone too with 3 successive Seldon crisis being solved very wisely and artificially..i cant say i liked the idea of the religionists and the traders very much.but am i commenting too early without reading the rest of the series?but this book hasn't motivated me to read the rest so i think i just cant say.