When the story starts, he is about to dispatch his two Top Men™ on one more expedition to locate the Second Foundation, who the Mule believes to be mentally manipulating his own manipulated men (try saying that 5 times fast) but weak in physical defences. Instead he’s searching for the mysterious, shadowy Second Foundation. The Mule has consolidated his hold on the volume of space he wrested from the Foundation’s control, but he has delayed any further expansion. The first takes place five years after “The Mule” from Foundation and Empire. Honestly, I found this book to be far more readable and even enjoyable at points!Īs with the previous book, this one is essentially two novellas. That’s not too bad on the Ben Scale of Book Series Completion! My reception of Second Foundation is much more positive than my review of Foundation and Empire, in which I skewered Isaac Asimov’s writing style. Okay, so instead of five years passing between re-read books, I’ve only let a year elapse.
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