Isaac Asimov Foundation trilogy, BCC radio Adaptation (8 hrs)

[778 neighbour of some guy]

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ewDIP5TUvvk

[sigma6]

awesome, I knew I reached a milestone when I finally got to read this series... classic Asimov

[araucaria]

Erwin Schrodinger in What is Life? says (as I recall) that we are the size we are so that we are made up of enough cells to avoid too many accidents happening, so as to operate efficiently, and hence somewhat predictably. Asimov's galactic population offers an interesting application of this principle to the human population as a whole. The evolution of civilization (the Foundation) becomes predictable, up to a point, the point where a hidden guiding hand is needed (the Second Foundation) - or not (mind control by the Mule). And of course, the increasing presence of humanoid robots is another Asimov feature that has relevance beyond the realms of fiction.

[Delight]

Thanks Neighbour! I loved reading this series as a teenager.
Are you familiar with the short story "The question"....here it is......

The Last Question
By Isaac Asimov
This is by far my favorite story of all those I have written. After all, I undertook to tell several trillion
years of human history in the space of a short story and I leave it to you as to how well I succeeded. I also undertook
another task, but I won't tell you what that was lest l spoil the story for you.
It is a curious fact that innumerable readers have asked me if I wrote this story.
They seem never to remember the title of the story or (for sure) the author, except for the vague
thought it might be me. But, of course, they never forget the story itself especially the
ending. The idea seems to drown out everything -- and I'm satisfied that it should.

http://www.physics.princeton.edu/ph115/LQ.pdf

[johnf]

This series has great psychohistorical implications!
lol

jf

[Crystine]

You quoted Douglas Adams. Hitch hikers Guide to the Galaxies. A tongue in cheek series. Sad he passed before he wrote more.