Books

i've read the original foundation trilogy (brilliant!) and the sequels (great!). now deciding whether to read the foundation prequels or the robot/empire series first. don't spend a lot of time reading books atm, so I'm inclined to finish foundation series unless there's a compelling reason to read robot/empire first?

robots > empire > prequels

prequels somewhat rely on an understanding of robots for plot points. if you do prequels > robots > empire you’ll be ending on a disappointment IMO. 

doing prequels > robots and skipping empire entirely is probably fine too.

alternatively see the asimov reading guide on reddit:

alternatively see the asimov reading guide on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/asimov/s/vAoe2k0k1T

yea i saw this reading guide earlier, i read the books in the red box and trying to figure out if i should 1) just finish foundation series first or 2) go all the way back and read all the prequels leading up to the books i just read

there are five lists of recommended reading orders on that page. the fifth one is what I’m suggesting. 

please ignore anyone who recommends reading the prequels first as they’ve lost their fucking minds