insisted stories in Astounding Science Fiction had to have. (Also disappointing because it wasn't really finished but filled in with 1980s sequels that revealed more lies behind the lies instead of following the thread through the 1000 year interregnum)
Foundation is so disappointing because the science of civilization turned out to be a front for mind controllers armed with the psychic powers that
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insisted stories in Astounding Science Fiction had to have. (Also disappointing because it wasn't really finished but filled in with 1980s sequels that revealed more lies behind the lies instead of following the thread through the 1000 year interregnum)