I decided to read in publication order. Borrowed Foundation from the now open library. Some titles the library has, some I will have to buy. I’m also listening to the Audible version of the Foundation Trilogy. On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 11:55 PM Jason Howe via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:

I would highly recommend reading the foundation series in publication order, rather than "chronological" order.

--Jason

On 7/1/20 8:24 PM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic wrote:

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I have always been a science fiction fan, but have neglected reading the "great" novels. So I saw a trailer for The Foundation movie based on Isaac Asimov's book. It will be coming on Apple TV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Gdm40MPYnw

So I was like now's a good time to read the books. Then I find out that not only were there the trilogy, but two prequels and two sequel books. Then I get the audio book and the author says, wait, the I, Robot series is connected to these books and you should read those first, ugh.

So here is the recommended order of the books: The Complete Robot (1982) I, Robot (1950) Caves of Steel (1954) The Naked Sun (1957) The Robots of Dawn (1983) Robots and Empire (1985) The Currents of Space (1952) The Stars, Like Dust (1951) Pebble in the Sky (1950) Prelude to Foundation (1988) Forward the Foundation (1993) Foundation (1951) Foundation and Empire (1952) Second Foundation (1953) Foundation's Edge (1982) Foundation and Earth (1986)

So I already have: I, Robot Prelude to Foundation Foundation's Edge Foundation and Earth

And I ordered: The Complete Robot Caves of Steel

I may have some others, but definitely not all of them.

I was just wondering if anyone wanted to give or sell very cheaply their copies of their books?

-- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President & Board Member, VCF East Showrunner Vintage Computer Federation http://www.vcfed.org/ jeffrey@vcfed.org