Reddit reviews Foundation

• Ringworld by Larry Niven
  
  
• The Foundation by Isaac Asimov (Followed by Foundation and Empire, then Second Foundation. Note, there are other foundation novels that both precede and follow this period of the story.)
  
  
• The Dark Tower by Stephen King (7 book series)
  
  
• The Saga of Seven Suns by Kevin J. Anderson (7 books)
  
  
• The Book of Ler by M. A. (Mark Anthony) Foster (3 books in 1)
  
  
• Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (I haven't read the whole series, it's long; note also that these were written by a trained playwright, so hearing these on audio is most like seeing this on a stage. The audiobooks are available, try a library.)

Santiago by Mike Resnick fits the bill pretty well; it's an abstracted space frontier setting reminiscent of the Old West. Very evocative.

Other than that, you could look at Ursula LeGuin (I'm thinking of The Left Hand of Darkness but she wrote many). And if you haven't yet read it, Foundation is a classic of the genre.

Children of Time and Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovksy both have strong sociological themes. If you enjoy these books you might also want to check out Semiosis: A Novel by Susan Burke.

Foundation by Isaac Asimov is about the fall and rise of a galactic empire. It is a bit dated in terms of science fiction but a classic in the genre.

Exhalation and Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang are collections of short stories and some of them contain strong sociological themes around communication and intersubjective understanding.

A Fire Upon the Deep and A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge also have some interesting speculative sociology.

Hominids: Volume One of The Neanderthal Parallax by Robert J. Sawyer also contains interesting speculative anthropology and sociology (but not a very interesting plot IMO) and is also worth a read.

Foundation by Isaac Asimov

For about the same price, you can get the trilogy as three separate Kindle e-books:

http://www.amazon.com/Foundation-Isaac-Asimov/dp/0553293354/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_z
http://www.amazon.com/Foundation-Empire-Isaac-Asimov/dp/0553293370/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_y
http://www.amazon.com/Second-Foundation-Novels-Isaac-Asimov/dp/0553293362/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_z

There may be a better deal available. I just browsed around for a couple minutes.

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The Foundation, by Isaac Asimov

: De longe o meu favorito, recomenda-se vivamente, e se fores fã de macroeconomia... well a premisa do livro baseia se na certeza da previsibilidade de comportamento humano para populações suficientemente grandes.
"The books tell the story of the Foundation, an institute to preserve the best of human civilization after the millenial long collapse of the galactic empire".

https://www.amazon.com/Foundation-Isaac-Asimov/dp/0553293354

Use of Weapons, by Ian M Banks : Livro um pouco sobre as consequencias sociais e politicas de uma sociedade utopica com uma economia pós-escassez.

https://www.amazon.com/Use-Weapons-Culture-Iain-Banks/dp/0316030570

The Eye of the World, by Robert Jordan

https://www.amazon.com/Eye-World-Wheel-Time-Book/dp/0812511816

Just like in Asimov's Foundation series, psychohistory relies on large groups acting on instinct and existing without any knowledge of psychology or sociology. By acquainting yourself with the tools of persuasion from rhetoric and oratory to propaganda and public relations, you inoculate yourself against them.

I believe he's talking about Isaac Asimov's: Foundation. Pretty good read.

...Level 5 problems...
Maybe you need a group of lesser powered esper friends to hang out?

> I don't know where to begin and what to do.

Here's a start and some more. Google for communities of people you're interested in within your area or IRC. Attend meet-ups and work on contacts. Get a part-time job if possible.

ps: 6th level 5 esper was revealed in NT11

If you go to the Amazon detail page for the version Amazon itself sells (i.e. not the resellers) of Foundation and you click the link "Tell the publisher I'd like to read this on Kindle" then it'll go into a report Amazon sends the publisher. That won't help you right now, but over time it does have an effect.

You've just finished my favourite book.

I would go with Asimov's foundation as a worthy followup.

Although, anything in the SF Masterworks series should be good enough. I've been working my way through that for the last 15 years and there are some truly mind-blowing books in it.

Have you read the Foundation series by Asimov? It's a classic and one of the best of all time! The initial series is 3 books, all pretty short, but there's a ton of sequels and prequels after that, and the Foundation series hooks into Asimov's Robot series too.

Em janeiro, terminei de ler Fundação, do Isaac Asimov. É um livro sensacional; super recomendo. Agora, estou terminando The Foundational Falsehoods of Creationism e Gödel, Escher, Bach: An eternal golden braid. O próximo que eu vou ler provavelmente será Consciousness Explained, do Daniel Dannet.

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This is exactly what Asimov's Foundation series is about. A psychohistorian predicts the downfall of the galactic civilization, and wants to preserve humanity's collective knowledge through the coming dark period so the empire can be restarted. I won't spoil the story by telling you how he does it.