It was the perfect ending to the series. The Asimov structured it, it was basically a cat and mouse game at the galactic scale. Introduction of Zeroth law of Robotic was probably the most important facet of the whole book.
It is amazing how many things of real life Asimov touched on when the discussion of two robots.

Really liked Gladia in her new role. Felt it it was long time coming and it was about time too.

Daniel and Giskard were brilliant too.

Overall, a really good read.

Only when I came here to write the review I realized that this is the second of the series. Interestingly, the book I have listed this in the first place and the first book in the series is at the last place. So confusing.

In any case, another brilliant book by Asimov. His writing style in this one is so different from that of Robot series. It feels like a mystery/thriller. And if weren't happening in space, spanning two planets, it probably would be just that.

He managed to keep me glued to the book all the while building towards the big disclosure. And man, was that a disclosure! It was huge, and rightly termed as an even of galactic consequence!

Brilliant story line!

Oh, and I was so impressed and relived when I learned that this book is canonical with the Robot series. That's just awesome.

I think the most unbelievable part of the book was that an archeologist had so much money that he could afford an interstellar trip to over 100 planets on his honeymoon!

Otherwise really good book!

Apart from the cliched ending and the typical role of a girl of just being a love interest, pretty interesting story.
I just don't see though how the present empire of Tyranni morphed into Tyrantar of the next book! Feels like a transitory phase is missing!

Asimov continues to shine!

A slightly different approach towards story telling. The book is in 4 parts, each a decade apart, all the while continuously building up to the final conclusion in which Psychohistory is finally completed and the two foundation stone of two Foundations are laid. And it all happened when all the hope of any revival of the project seemed bleak with the whole Empire decaying at full speed.

Can't wait to start reading The Foundation!

Well, it is a Sandman comics by Neil Gaiman, why would you expect anything less than 5 star! :D

Another brilliant story by Gaiman!

And for once was interesting to have an Asian touch to the story!
The way he merges Japanese lore into the myth of West is just brilliant and beyond comparison!

After reading this, it makes sense why the previous book (Forward to Foundation) was structured the way it was.
I really liked the progression of story and the way Foundation/Terminus took care of the adversities facing them, three different ways in three different cases.
The book also highlights how easy it is to manipulate people of faith and to use that faith for one's own advantage. Found that a very good reflection of the real society we live in.

Also, the book had some real great quotes. Loved it through and through.

The first book was all about Seldon's plan. Everything went according to plan, as they were supposed to, and the entire book was merely about how those plans came to pass. How at three different times of crises those plans were executed.

The second book in the series was all about Seldon's plan as well. Everything went according to plan, as they were supposed to, and the entire book was merely about how those plans came to pass. Slightly different kind of crises but in the end it all worked out. Except that we barely got to see what really was happening on Terminus itself.

Then there is this third book, which of course was all about Seldon's plan as well, except that the plan was failing now. The calm assurance that everyone had in the plan was killed off in an anon and only hysteria and uncertainty survived. All because somewhere in the universe a gene decided to mutate, and that just can't be taken in to account when one deals with statistics. Individuals do not matter, except that in this case one did and the plan almost failed.