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Dec 19

Nothing like an evil space glove! Is that in the book?Click for full image

Jami Comments: Actually the best part is inside when I was trying to find dates on this. It’s the dedication Asimov wrote.

“To My Mother
Of Whose Authentic Gray Hairs
Not a Few Were Caused by Myself”

Yes, that’s how it’s capitalized inside.

Published 1970

Actually, that cover IS a classical work of art!I would touch it without protective gloves.I've seen worse. Far, far, worse.Interesting, but I would still read it in public.Middlng: Neither awful nor awfully goodWould not like to be seen reading that!Awful... just awful...That belongs in a gold-lame picture frame!Gah... my eyes are burning! Feels so good!Good Show Sir! (Average: 6.20 out of 10)
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25 Responses to “Foundation”

  1. SI Says:

    I like how the space suit comes complete with man-boob holders.

  2. THX 1138 Says:

    The Isaac Asimov College Prospectus: for Foundation Courses, naturally.

  3. Jaouad Says:

    Not just an Evil Space Glove. An Evil *Six-Fingered* Space Glove.

  4. Michael Toland Says:

    My favorite part is how amused Mr. Giant Head on the left seems to be.

  5. Yoss Says:

    “I like how the space suit comes complete with man-boob holders.”

    Well obviously psychohistory predicted a greater need for man-boob accommodation. That may have been left out of the books, but it’s been quite some time since I read them.

  6. fred Says:

    I prefer Foundation and Empire with the Mule on the cover.
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/retrosapien/1365623999/

  7. Dead Stuff With Big Teeth Says:

    ‘I am Hari Seldon!…and I find this absofuckinglutely embarrassing!’

    It took me a second glance to realize that it’s supposed to be a cube, with a little tunnel cut through it, and the space glove’s fingers are arching over the ceiling. I can’t remember anything like that in the original.

  8. Tom Noir Says:

    Oh yeah man, my favorite part of Foundation was where the alien spaceman and the evil Easter Island heads got trapped in a cube with that tattooed claw.

    Anyway, I think that’s what happened. My copy was printed in Dutch.

  9. Tat Wood Says:

    The initials KSP were supposed to be a bit more secret – that’s what the S stood for.

  10. Jerk of all Trades Says:

    Goddamn, but we get ugly in the future.

  11. Stevie T Says:

    This was the cover that graced the copy I read (I even recently found a picture of me reading it). I didn’t have too many qualms about reading it in public, after all it said “Asimov” on it, right. That makes it look smart even if the cover art doesn’t, right? Right?

    Once upon a time, I used to receive a Science Fiction book club newsletter from the now defunct Waldenbooks called “Xignals”. They ran a big story about how there was going to be a new reissue of the original Foundation Trilogy with New Cover Art by Michael Whelan. I was just at the right age that I was like, “Michael Whelan! Wow! How Awesome is That! Those are the copies I want to read!” Then I went to the bookstore and found the first one:

    http://www.paperbackfantasies.jjelmquist.com/images/whelan/AsimovFoundation.JPG

    What an incredibly high creep factor. Oh, and nothing says “High-Concept Science Fiction” like a fossilized Hari Seldon in a Wheelchair. I went back home and borrowed my dad’s copy, with it’s slightly more charming artwork.

    Although in retrospect, once you read Foundation, you can’t help but think Whelan was making some sort of commentary about the story….

  12. Stevie T Says:

    It looks like this Good Show actually made it into orbit:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/37996580417@N01/2986170166

    I think it’s interesting that Dr. Voss also opted for the original cover, not the Whelanized version.

    But that’s kind of cool. A cover here actually went into space….Good Show Sir Indeed!

  13. fred Says:

    Nothing says space opera like the color green.

  14. Bruce A Munro Says:

    It looks like an ornately decorated box with transparent panels, so you can see the magic glove (Or an actual tattooed hand? It has nails. Does that say KSF or KSP?) inside. Unboxing videos of the 217th century?

    Callback to 2012 @fred: Foundation and Empire might be improved by an actual psychic quadruped (possibly from a land of magic ponies? )

    Callback tp 2012 @Stevie T: Harry looks in even worse shape on the Daryl Sweet cover.

    https://i.pinimg.com/originals/90/e2/18/90e218bd69b5af80db8e4ab706ca6837.jpg

  15. Corneliius Says:

    Out-evolved by having an opposable thumb on both sides.

  16. A. R. Yngve Says:

    Take care of your skin!
    ISAAC ASIMOV Foundation
    preserves your pale, sallow complexion.

  17. Tat Wood Says:

    This must be from that chapter when Hober Mallow went through the Sea of Holes to fight the Blue Meanies.

  18. GSS ex-noob Says:

    @ARY: That explains the weird graphics. It’s in some pointlessly fancy box with “art” on it, and it’s weird like perfume ads are.

    @Bruce: People in wheelchairs shouldn’t park at the top of staircases. One push and nobody knows psychohistory. Either that, or he has a sad that in the 217th century, the advanced technology known as “ramps” has been forgotten.

    @Tat: the Green Meanies?

  19. THX 1139 Says:

    It was brilliant when Mr Benn went into space.

  20. fred Says:

    If God played dice with the universe, this is what he’d use.

  21. Bruce A Munro Says:

    @fred: nah, God’s more of a 20-sided dice guy, except for damage rolls.

  22. B. Chiclitz Says:

    “Does this spacesuit make me look fat?”

  23. GSS ex-noob Says:

    @Bruce: Can God make a die with infinite sides, and then lift and roll it?

    I’ve never seen anything bigger than a 100-sided one, but surely God could have as many sides as He wants on dice.

  24. Tat Wood Says:

    @GSS ex-noob: here’s a truncated version of the possible ramifications. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYvSRolBXu0&t=232s

  25. GSS ex-noob Says:

    @Tat: we’re gonna need a bigger stats table.

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