Timeline for Why do some people include Nemesis and End of Eternity in the Foundation Universe?
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| Sep 14, 2014 at 21:41 | comment | added | Joe L. | Author's Note, 1990 Bantam/Spectra edition of Nemesis: This book is not part of the Foundation Series, the Robot Series, or the Empire Series. It stands independently. I just thought I’d warn you of that to avoid misapprehension. Of course, I might someday write another novel tying this one to the others, but, then again, I might not. After all, for how long can I keep flogging my mind to make it work out these complexities of future history? | |
| Jan 26, 2014 at 19:21 | history | edited | Stephen Collings | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 26, 2014 at 19:14 | comment | added | Stephen Collings | @Algernon_Asimov Quite right. Editing to reflect that. | |
| Jan 26, 2014 at 13:49 | comment | added | Algernon_Asimov | "Because it's really impressive that Asimov wrote such a large consistent universe, and he liked to tie his stories together after the fact. So sometimes fans do it for him." This isn't the answer at all. Asimov himself wrote references to 'The End of Eternity' and 'Nemesis' into 'Foundation's Edge' and 'Forward the Foundation' respectively. | |
| Jan 22, 2014 at 15:15 | vote | accept | Ozymandias | ||
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| Jan 21, 2014 at 22:43 | history | edited | Stephen Collings | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 21, 2014 at 22:34 | comment | added | Ozymandias | That makes sense. And as I recall, the spacer worlds especially were full of robots. So Nemesis is a far stretch whereas End of Eternity is easier to place in the timeline (or out of the timeline really)? | |
| Jan 21, 2014 at 16:23 | comment | added | System Down | That's true! Very good points. | |
| Jan 21, 2014 at 16:21 | comment | added | Stephen Collings | For one, Nemesis doesn't have robots, at all. Robots were plentiful and ubiquitous in Asimov's timeline well before the events of Nemesis would have taken place. Second, the development of hyperdrive is presented completely differently in the Robot stories, as is the development of off-earth colonies. | |
| Jan 21, 2014 at 16:13 | comment | added | System Down | I'm curious as to what contradictions are being introduced by including Nemesis to the Foundation timeline? | |
| Jan 21, 2014 at 12:49 | history | edited | Stephen Collings | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 21, 2014 at 3:04 | history | answered | Stephen Collings | CC BY-SA 3.0 |