Several hundred thousands of years in the future, two citizens of the Foundation, Pel and Trev, seek to find the planet of human origin called Earth. At each step that brings them closer to Earth, they are met with danger, wonderment, and forms of human life more culturally alien to them than they anticipated.
Geriatric sex, hermaphrodites, robots, hive mind, and plenty more sex. What a departure from the other Foundation books in the series; neither in a good or bad way. I have to admit I enjoyed this installment much more than the original Foundation trilogy and maybe as much as the prequels. The addition of Fallum to Trev (not to mention Daneel), Pel, and Bliss was the right device to introduce the ideas of "whole human beings" and in turn merging of Man and Machine. Asimov unquestionably tied all of his "big ideas" and worldbuilding from his various works together remarkably well with this novel.
My rating: ★★★★★ (5 out of 5 stars)
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