Secret Foundation: The Second Foundation Trilogy, Volume 3

Foundation's Triumph is just that, especially after the tedious, overlong first book (with its uninteresting Voltaire/Joan of Arc subplot) and the very good, very enjoyable but un-spectacular second book. This one clicks on all levels. It has majesty and sweep. It has complexity, lots of gray areas, philosophical debates where the answer is never quite clear. Well written and conceived. This makes wading through the first book worthwhile. Superb.

This series has been an awesome read. How can you not like Hari Seldon??? This volume has a lot more intrigue in it, with a good continual rythum of action and adventure, to keep anyone turning its pages. I found it to be more in line with the first volume in this series, than the second (focused really on action and the like).Foundation's Triumph though may be an overstatement for when you read through the appendix about the future of the universe as forseen by the various authors that have contributed to it, one almost wonders if Foundation Established would be the better title. Hopefully, the Asimov estate will continue to let other authors, or even these three, take on another phase of the Foundation and see where it and R. Daneel Olivaw allow humanity to go? Worth the read.

I have to admit that two years ago when I heard about the "Killer B" Trilogy, I was both eager with anticipation and filled with trepidation. The three authors, Benford, Bear, and Brin are good writers, but could they capture the Asimov Foundation theme that has entranced me since I first read the original trilogy almost 35 years ago? The trepidation was justified in the Foundation's Fear, the first book of the new trilogy. The Joan and Voltaire sims constant dialog was tedious at best. I wish Mr. Benford had come up with something different. In Mr. Bear's Foundation and Chaos, I was overjoyed with the demise (sort of) of the d..n things. The second book was considerably better, I enjoyed it and thought it captured Harry Seldon very well. David Brin's Foundation's Truimph is a Triumph itself. I couldn't put it down. This is clearly the best of the three, with a well-crafted conclusion--the Asimov theme was clear throughout. I also appreciated the effort that went to tie other older works (Stars Like Dust, etc.) in to this story. Worth the read--good job David Brin!

It was pure delight to read the manuscript of this novel. With much of the action set in the deep past, with covering the last months of Hari Seldon's life and with a visionary glimpse of the future of the Foundations and Galaxia this book finally gives explanations to all the questions even Asimov shied from answering. Run and grab it!!!

It was an absolute pleasure to read the manuscript of this book. The action of the novel's present (the last months of Hari Seldon's life), the hints at events of the deep past and a visionary forecasting of the future of the Foundations and Galaxia finally give us all the missing clues to the questions even Asimov shied from answering. This is really the missing link we have been waiting for! Run and grab it as fast as you can! Attila Torkos