Foundation by Isaac Asimov leads us into discussing other future histories in science fiction, then we go on to our own view of the quality and style of Asimov’s writing.
Links:
Foundation by Isaac Asimov [1951]:
https://archive.org/details/asimovfoundation0000unse_u2r3
The Rediscovery of Man: The Complete Short Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith [1993]:
https://archive.org/details/rediscoveryofman0000smit_v0o2
Cities in Flight by James Blish [1970]:
https://archive.org/details/citiesinflight00jame/mode/2up
The Shape of Things to Com eby H. G. Wells [1935]:
https://archive.org/details/shapeofthingstoc0000well_n5d6/mode/2up
The Complete Psychotechnic League by Poul Anderson [1981]:
https://archive.org/details/psychotechniclea0000ande/mode/2up
Robert Heinlein’s chart of Future History [Astounding, May 1941, pages 124-125]:
https://archive.org/details/Astounding_v27n03_1941-05/mode/2up
The Sensuous Dirty Old Man by Isaac Asimov [1971]:
https://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/luminist/EB/A/Asimov%20-%20The%20Sensuous%20Dirty%20Old%20Man.pdf
Lest Darkness Fall by L. Sprague de Camp [1949]:
https://archive.org/details/lestdarknessfall0000deca_p0t1
Bring the Jubilee by Ward Moore [1952]:
https://archive.org/details/bringjubilee0000moor/mode/2up
