Falling Down

THIS YEAR MARKS THE 70th anniversary of Isaac Asimov’s landmark science fiction series, the Foundation trilogy. Consisting of Foundation, Foundation And Empire and Second Foundation, the trilogy went on to earn Asimov the Hugo Award for “Best All-Time Series” in 1966. To this day, they’re still considered mandatory reads for serious science fiction readers, with Asimov weaving the epic, thousand-year history of a Galactic Empire facing its certain demise.

Exploring deep, intellectual, mathematical and existential issues, has always been categorised as a challenging read, as well as deemed to be virtually impossible to adapt because of its structure, scale and scope. But, as is now becoming commonplace with a lot of sci-fi literature, that isn’t the case any more because technology – especially visual effects – and streaming television have cracked what were once thought of as impossible stories to tell in compact movies.