Talk:Gerin the Fox

You know, I've always wondered about this series--which I greatly enjoyed in its own right--and its claim to be a reinterpretation of Asimov's Foundation series. Until you get up through Fox and Empire (the title of which of course makes it quite obvious that it's intended to be an Asimov tribute, of course) the installments bear only the most superficial similarities to anything that can be found in Foundation and have nothing to do with any of the Seldon crises. What's more, they shoot between the eyes the underlying premise of the Foundation series, which is that individual action cannot derail the tide of historical inertia, but will over time be factored out by larger forces. When you get to F&E, you have Imperial numerical advantages leading to a series of tactical victories over the good guys, only to be undone by palace intrigue well behind Imperial lines; but that's not the story that's told. In fact it's the opposite of Asimov's work, hinting at the intrigue while describing the battles in great detail--This is very interesting in its own right, but not Asimovian. I had really missed the days when I believed the series was an original work.

This still doesn't make the series much more Asimovian, and certainly not more Foundation-based, but I recently came across "Nightfall," which I had somehow always missed. Werenight resembles that one very closely. Turtle Fan 04:05, 16 July 2009 (UTC)