Wow, somehow I went eight months without reading anything from my science fiction list... I'll probably read a few in a row. Also I've decided to change which science fiction book list I'll be using. The new list is at http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-greatest-science-fiction-novels-of-all-time. The top 25 or so on each list is pretty similar, but after that this new lists tends towards more Jules Verne and Kurt Vonnegut and less Orson Scott Card. So...Foundation and Empire picks up some time after the first Foundation book. The book is broken into two halves. In the first half the Foundation is still growing and faces the threat of an attack by the empire that is starting to feel threatened by it. The second half tells the story of a "mutant" called the Mule that threatens to disrupt Hari Seldon's long range plans for the Foundation. Since he is a mutant that doesn't interact with humans in a normal way, the Mule throws off the time line and is able to take over the Foundation while they are confused.
I enjoyed the book but the weird names Asimov gives his characters still throws me off a bit. As a stand alone book it doesn't really tell much of a story though, I'll have to see how the next book follows up on the Mule's story. I'll give it a B+.
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