Foundation

This book has long been on my to read list as has Asimov in general. It's the first thing I've read by him mostly due to it being a pick from my Sword & Laser book club.

I'd maybe rate the book at a 3.5, but having to choose between like (3) and really like (4) I chose to go for 3 in this case.

I enjoyed the book, but it hasn't aged very well. The story was good but many parts of it made it obvious to me how old the book is.

In particular the fact that they seemed to making a paper encyclopedia rather than digital (although this wasn't explicit). In general there seemed to be no notion of an internet where a character visiting the encyclopedia office ask for a copy to be transcribed for him. Another major sign is the prevalence of nuclear power/weapons. Man is pretty innovative, and I doubt over 15,000 years of humanity hasn't led to even more powerful deadly/weapons or new/improved power sources

Despite feeling dated, I enjoy the overall story and plan to check out other books in the series at some point in the future.