Foundation (Apple Series Tie-in Edition)

By: Isaac Asimov

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins

Publisher's summary

The first novel in Isaac Asimov’s classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation series

The epic saga that inspired the Apple TV+ series Foundation, now streaming. Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read.

For 12,000 years the Galactic Empire has ruled supreme. Now it is dying. But only Hari Seldon, creator of the revolutionary science of psychohistory, can see into the future - to a dark age of ignorance, barbarism, and warfare that will last thirty thousand years. To preserve knowledge and save humankind, Seldon gathers the best minds in the Empire - both scientists and scholars - and brings them to a bleak planet at the edge of the galaxy to serve as a beacon of hope for future generations. He calls his sanctuary the Foundation.

The Foundation novels of Isaac Asimov are among the most influential in the history of science fiction, celebrated for their unique blend of breathtaking action, daring ideas, and extensive worldbuilding. In Foundation, Asimov has written a timely and timeless novel of the best - and worst - that lies in humanity, and the power of even a few courageous souls to shine a light in a universe of darkness.

Listen to all of Isaac Asimov's Foundation series, including (in chronological order):

Prelude to FoundationForward the FoundationFoundationFoundation and Empire Second FoundationFoundation's EdgeFoundation and Earth

©1982 Isaac Asimov (P)2010 Random House

unexplained edit?

I don't know what "apple series tie in" is other than advertising. really hate this!

OK.This is a classic.

As I personally do not enjoy Scott Brick as a narrator, I downloaded this through an Audible Sale. Redardless, the story still holds up as a classic. This is for me another 'great' that I read ages ago, and hearing it read is a little like a lazy read.
I am still listening, and as the Sale is still on I wanted to let others know this is great story. I think what holds up is a view that humanity's development is slow indeed. With so much going on at the moment in research into Global Conciousness and the effectiveness of group meditations, this is a story that is worth hearing. Well for those who not yet read or heard of Foundation.... Think along lines of who is best served by manipulating belief systems, and put that against great Research that is being done.

Tie in version

Who wants a book not written by the author. Who decided to remove the correct version of foundation I purchased and put in this tie in version? Fail. You all did this with dune too. I guess I will have to stop getting things from audible because they don’t care about what you purchased.

Audio skipping sections

Can’t hear full sections of the story all audio goes silent. I need four more words so here they are

Cliche-ridden dialog

I wanted to like this book since so many have recommended the Foundation Trilogy. Scott Brick's narration is excellent. No fault there. He does his best to breathe life into an incredibly dull book. Asimov's narrative technique involves interminable, cliche-ridden dialog to advance the plot. There's no action here, just conversations between characters describing what happened. The dialog drags on and on, endlessly. I find myself fast-forwarding just so the characters will get to the point. Deadly dull. I cannot understand why so many like this book.

I want my original purchase back

I was about to listen this again and found out that Audible has changed the version to some tv tie-in version that I couldn’t care less about.

This is not ok, release a separate Apple version fo people to purchase, don’t change the existing one. I want the original story that I bought several years ago.

I’ll find another place to buy my audio books from, thanks

THIS IS NOT WHAT I PURCHASED!

I purchased a novel by Asimov, not a novel by Apple. I find it absurd that you have swapped my purchased material out from under my nose like a street charlatan, and I want my original book back!

Is it really THE classic of sci-fi?

I was very excited to start Azimov's book as I like sci-fi and somehow never read his books. Story (and narrator enforces it) has a charm of old sci-fi novels. But longer the book goes, weirder it becomes. It is more than 10,000 years in a future and galaxy has quintillion people, but you won't hear/encounter even a single woman. Which is weird, but it can happen, whatever story requires. The worse is that there are 100,000 people dedicated to do certain effort to save humanity, the center of the plot. Guess who they are? 20,000 scholars, their wives and kids! Really, out of half of quintillion people 10k years in the future there is not a SINGLE woman scholar?
Ironically, my previous Audible book was "Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men", and it is hard to find a piece more strengthening the idea than Azimov's Foundation.

Wonderful writing, audio book not so sure

Wonderful book, awesome topics, wonderful incite. I think nuances of the writing get overshadowed by the narrators tone of voice, which comes across as condescending when describing character traits unnecessarily. he uses the same vocal intonation for parts or lines that would otherwise come to different vocal intonations that ould not only make it mpre interesting, but possibly highlight a more positive experience of listening.

The book is replaced !

Why did the original got replaced? I bought the original text and it got swapped to the apple version. I don't like the series