I think that over time, Asimov became a better writer of female characters which maybe reflect both the changing attitudes of the later 20th Century, as well as himself aging as a person.

misogyny and weird sexual stuff I found strange and forced (I remember lengthy discussions in the Robots of Dawn about how Gladia enjoyed sex with Jander that was hard to read). Maybe I'm just not a fan of the whodunit format. Maybe I was just looking forward to the Foundation books, I don't know. They're a fun read, but I don't remember thinking they were all that incredible. Overall, I like the Robot books decently. While I think that Asimov's later connecting of the two book series together was a bit flimsy at points, I do appreciate it and think it very interesting. The characters I've spent so much time reading about, the universe I've spent so much time in, now done. (I decided against reading the Empire books as I understand, they don't tie into the other series very fully and they aren't his best works, so I kept that out of my marathon.) I figured out early on that the books were very different than the series, so largely my opinion of the series and the books didn't influence each other, besides minor things (Hari Seldon always appeared to be Jared Harris in my head no matter how hard I tried not to imagine him that way, ended up just embracing it.) I decided to start reading the books after watching a few episodes of the Apple+ Foundation series (I've got my own thoughts about that show) and decided to just dive into the lore. Just sharing my final thoughts on these books as it's been pretty much all I've read over the past 18 months.

Hey everyone! I just finished Forward the Foundation today, and with that, finished my long marathon of reading the Foundation & Robot book series.

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