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Neat! Do you have a link to the recommended order?

mattweinberg 8y ago
Many people (including me) think it’s best to start with the Foundation core set - Foundation, Foundation and Empire, and Second Foundation. Then you can move to the Robots Series - Caves of Steel, Naked Sun, and Robots of Dawn. Then circle back to the Foundation sequels, which ties them together a bit. It's important not to read Robots and Empire until you read the Foundation series.
- coldtea 8y ago
  And I'd top them off with The End Of Eternity, which although its in its own world (or is it?), it's ending ties indirectly to the whole series...
tunesmith 8y ago
Here's the order I read them in: I, Robot (1950) Foundation (1951) Foundation and Empire (1952) Second Foundation (1953) The Caves Of Steel (1954) The Naked Sun (1957) The Robots Of Dawn (1983) Foundation’s Edge (1982) Foundation and Earth (1986) Robots And Empire (1985) The End of Eternity (1955) I haven't actually finished the final two because it took me a while to find Robots And Empire. I'll have to reread from the beginning. Here’s Asimov’s recommended order. This one is pretty much chronological for characters, I think, which would spoil some narrative twists. Kind of like how watching the Star Wars prequels first would spoil The Empire Strikes Back. Either The Complete Robot (1982) *or* I, Robot (1950) The Caves Of Steel The Naked Sun The Robots Of Dawn Robots And Empire The Currents Of Space (1952) The Stars, Like Dust (1951) Pebble In The Sky (1950) Prelude To Foundation (1988) Forward the Foundation (1993) Foundation Foundation and Empire Second Foundation Foundation’s Edge Foundation and Earth And here is an Expanded Chronological order, which includes books written by other authors after Asimov died: I, Robot The Rest of the Robots (1964) The Complete Robot (1982) Robot Dreams (1986) Robot Visions (1990) The Positronic Man (1992) (co-written by Robert Silverberg) Mother Earth (1948) (minor inconsistencies) The Caves Of Steel The Naked Sun Mirror Image (1972) The Robots of Dawn Mirage (Mark W. Tiedemann) (2000) Chimera (Mark W. Tiedemann) (2001) Aurora (Mark W. Tiedemann) (2002) Have Robot, Will Travel (Alexander C. Irvine) (2005) Robots And Empire Caliban (Roger MacBride Allen) (1993) Inferno (Roger MacBride Allen) (1994) Utopia (Roger MacBride Allen) (1996) The Stars, Like Dust The Currents Of Space Pebble In The Sky Prelude To Foundation Foundation’s Fear (Gregory Benford) (1997) Forward the Foundation (MINUS the final section of the epilogue) Foundation and Chaos (Greg Bear) (1998) Foundation’s Triumph (David Brin) (1999) Foundation Foundation and Empire Second Foundation Foundation’s Edge Foundation and Earth The End Of Eternity (not really in order apparently, kind of in its own time) Nemesis (1989) (not really in order, kind of on its own) I got these lists from somewhere online years back, I think a stackoverflow site, but I'd avoid them because they also talk about spoilers even in listing the names of the books.

Many people (including me) think it’s best to start with the Foundation core set - Foundation, Foundation and Empire, and Second Foundation. Then you can move to the Robots Series - Caves of Steel, Naked Sun, and Robots of Dawn. Then circle back to the Foundation sequels, which ties them together a bit. It's important not to read Robots and Empire until you read the Foundation series.

coldtea 8y ago
And I'd top them off with The End Of Eternity, which although its in its own world (or is it?), it's ending ties indirectly to the whole series...

tunesmith 8y ago

Here's the order I read them in: I, Robot (1950) Foundation (1951) Foundation and Empire (1952) Second Foundation (1953) The Caves Of Steel (1954) The Naked Sun (1957) The Robots Of Dawn (1983) Foundation’s Edge (1982) Foundation and Earth (1986) Robots And Empire (1985) The End of Eternity (1955) I haven't actually finished the final two because it took me a while to find Robots And Empire. I'll have to reread from the beginning. Here’s Asimov’s recommended order. This one is pretty much chronological for characters, I think, which would spoil some narrative twists. Kind of like how watching the Star Wars prequels first would spoil The Empire Strikes Back. Either The Complete Robot (1982) *or* I, Robot (1950) The Caves Of Steel The Naked Sun The Robots Of Dawn Robots And Empire The Currents Of Space (1952) The Stars, Like Dust (1951) Pebble In The Sky (1950) Prelude To Foundation (1988) Forward the Foundation (1993) Foundation Foundation and Empire Second Foundation Foundation’s Edge Foundation and Earth And here is an Expanded Chronological order, which includes books written by other authors after Asimov died: I, Robot The Rest of the Robots (1964) The Complete Robot (1982) Robot Dreams (1986) Robot Visions (1990) The Positronic Man (1992) (co-written by Robert Silverberg) Mother Earth (1948) (minor inconsistencies) The Caves Of Steel The Naked Sun Mirror Image (1972) The Robots of Dawn Mirage (Mark W. Tiedemann) (2000) Chimera (Mark W. Tiedemann) (2001) Aurora (Mark W. Tiedemann) (2002) Have Robot, Will Travel (Alexander C. Irvine) (2005) Robots And Empire Caliban (Roger MacBride Allen) (1993) Inferno (Roger MacBride Allen) (1994) Utopia (Roger MacBride Allen) (1996) The Stars, Like Dust The Currents Of Space Pebble In The Sky Prelude To Foundation Foundation’s Fear (Gregory Benford) (1997) Forward the Foundation (MINUS the final section of the epilogue) Foundation and Chaos (Greg Bear) (1998) Foundation’s Triumph (David Brin) (1999) Foundation Foundation and Empire Second Foundation Foundation’s Edge Foundation and Earth The End Of Eternity (not really in order apparently, kind of in its own time) Nemesis (1989) (not really in order, kind of on its own) I got these lists from somewhere online years back, I think a stackoverflow site, but I'd avoid them because they also talk about spoilers even in listing the names of the books.