Top 50 Greatest Things: #44

My top 50 greatest things.

Number 44: Isaac Asimov

Asimov was a science fiction author most known for the Foundation and Robot series. I'm mainly a fan of those two series. Foundation is basically about this mathematician who figures out that the world is going to go shit but there's a way to shorten how terrible things will be and he's granted to start a Foundation for the new civilization. It takes place over thousands of years and features people chomping on cigars and debating. The Robot series is about... robots. Asimov just had a lot of wacky ideas and implemented an insane amount of world building. My favorite book from him that I've read is Foundation and Empire which features the story "The Mule" (which is my favorite story). I HIGHLY recommend pounding through the first Foundation book and "The General" (the first story in the second book) just to get to the "The Mule". I had to take a walk when I was done the first time.

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