Foundation and Earth

Foundation and Earth

Isaac Asimov

First published 1986Original language EN

7.87.8 / 10
Score out of 10578 ratingsConfidence 80%: this much of the score is the readers’ own
506
Pages
about 9 h
Reading time

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About the book

Foundation and Earth is a science fiction novel by American writer Isaac Asimov, the fifth novel of the Foundation series and chronologically the last in the series. It was published in 1986, four years after the first sequel to the Foundation trilogy, which is titled Foundation's Edge.

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Reading order · Foundation series

Full order & progress →
Score per volume7 volumes on a timeline, 1951 to 1993 · Best-rated volume: Second Foundation
  1. Foundation
    Foundation1951 · 2,948 ratingsStart here
    8.28.2 / 10
  2. Foundation and Empire
    Foundation and Empire1952 · 1,472 ratings
    8.28.2 / 10
  3. Second Foundation
    Second Foundation1953 · 1,303 ratings
    8.48.4 / 10
  4. Foundation's Edge
    Foundation's Edge1982 · 705 ratings
    8.28.2 / 10
  5. Foundation and Earth
    Foundation and Earth1986 · 578 ratingsThis book
    7.87.8 / 10
  6. Prelude to Foundation
    Prelude to Foundation1988 · 518 ratings
    7.97.9 / 10
  7. Forward the Foundation
    Forward the Foundation1993 · 407 ratings
    8.08.0 / 10

Where the score comes from

The sources average 7.8 across 578 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 80% of the weight and the score stays at 7.8 — the Science fiction average of 7.8 barely moves it.

SourceAverageRatingsWeight
Open Library8.168 12%
Hardcover7.8510 88%

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