About This Site
Hi, I'm Jason Guo
Software developer. Science fiction obsessive. I've read Asimov's complete Foundation saga — all fifteen novels — more than five times. This site is the reference I always wanted and couldn't find anywhere else.
Why I built this
I first read Foundation in my early twenties. I picked it up because someone told me it was the book that inspired Star Wars, and I finished it in two days. By the end of the second night I had already started Foundation and Empire.
That was the beginning of a long, recurring relationship with Asimov's universe. Over the following years I worked through the Robot novels, the Empire novels, and the full Foundation saga — multiple times, in different orders, each pass revealing something I'd missed before.
When Apple TV+ launched the adaptation in 2021, I found myself spending a lot of time looking things up: character names, timeline positions, how a scene related to the books. The resources I found were either too shallow (a quick wiki stub) or buried in forum threads. Nothing felt like a clean, well-organized home for the universe.
So I built one. asimovseries.com started as a personal reference document and turned into a proper site. The goal is simple: the most useful, honest, well-structured guide to Asimov's universe on the internet.
What you'll find here
Books & Reading Order
Every novel in the Foundation, Robot, and Empire series — with honest reading order recommendations based on what actually works, not just what's traditional.
Apple TV+ Series
Season guides, character comparisons, and a clear breakdown of where the show diverges from the source material — written for both newcomers and longtime readers.
Characters & Concepts
Detailed profiles for the key figures and ideas across 20,000 years of galactic history — psychohistory, the Seldon Plan, the Mule, and everything connecting them.
Analysis & Essays
Long-form writing on the books, the adaptation, and the ideas behind them. Not summaries — actual opinions, from someone who has spent years thinking about this universe.
A note on sourcing
Everything on this site is based on primary sources — the novels themselves, Asimov's memoir (I. Asimov, 1994), and peer-reviewed scholarship where applicable. I cite external sources when I reference claims I didn't derive myself. If you find an error, I genuinely want to know — this site exists to be accurate, not just comprehensive.
Get in touch
Corrections, suggestions, questions about the books, or just want to talk Foundation — I read everything.
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