Galactic Empire Series (Asimov)
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Galactic Empire Series (Asimov)
| Full title | Galactic Empire series |
|---|---|
| Author | Isaac Asimov |
| Published | 1945-1952 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | The least-read of Asimov’s three future-history sequences: early, largely standalone novels set after Earth has been left behind and before the Empire of the Foundation books decays — pulpier and smaller in scale, closer to adventure stories with a political spine. They matter mostly as the bridge Asimov later used to weld his robot and Foundation stories into one history. |
Galactic Empire Series (Asimov)
Where I heard about it
- The a16z infrastructure team — on the a16z Infra Reading List, A tier in the Sci-fi — Classics section, under Isaac Asimov’s selected works.
About this edition
This is a series, not a single book, which is how the a16z list names it. Worth reading after Foundation rather than before; a16z’s own advice on Asimov is to start with the original Foundation trilogy and I, Robot and only then “see how it all ties together.”
Connections
- a16z Infra Reading List — where this is listed, in the classics tier.
- Isaac Asimov — the author.
- Foundation — the sequence this one leads into, and the Asimov Kyle has already read.
- Robot Series (Asimov) — the sequence it follows.
- Science Fiction — the genre.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.