Books like Foundation

1. 

   I, Robot

   Isaac Asimov · 1950 · Robot #1

   Because also by Isaac Asimov; shares tags: science fiction, classics.

   Powell Donovan test Three Laws while Calvin narrates positronic puzzles.

2. 

   Neuromancer

   William Gibson · 1984 · Sprawl #1

   Because shares tags: science fiction, classics.

   Washed Case hired Armitage run Wintermute cyberspace heist.

3. 

   Dune Messiah

   Frank Herbert · 1969 · Dune #2

   Because shares tags: science fiction, classics.

   Emperor Paul faces jihad fallout as Bene Gesserit and Tleilaxu plot with ghola Duncan to break him.

4. 

   Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

   Philip K. Dick · 1968

   Because shares tags: science fiction, classics.

   Bounty hunter Rick Deckard retires escaped androids in ruined San Francisco while doubting what empathy still means.

5. 

   The Time Machine

   H.G. Wells · 1895

   Because shares tags: science fiction, classics.

   Wells sends a Victorian inventor to the year 802,701, where idle Eloi and blind Morlocks share a dark human fate.

6. 

   Flowers for Algernon

   Daniel Keyes · 1966

   Because shares tags: classics, science fiction.

   Charlie Gordon's experimental surgery makes him a genius, then the mouse Algernon starts to slip.

7. 

   A Wrinkle in Time

   Madeleine L'Engle · 1962 · A Wrinkle in Time Quintet #1

   Because shares tags: science fiction, classics.

   Meg Murry, Charles Wallace and Calvin tessar past Mrs Whatsit, Mrs Who and Mrs Which to Camazotz to free Mr Murry from IT.

8. 

   The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

   Douglas Adams · 1979 · The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #1

   Because shares tags: science fiction, classics.

   Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide retold: Earth's end, Ford, Zaphod, Marvin, and the answer 42.

9. 

   The Handmaid's Tale

   Margaret Atwood · 1985 · The Handmaid's Tale #1

   Because shares tags: science fiction, classics.

   Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale retold: Offred in Gilead, the Commander, Serena Joy, Mayday, and the van.

10. 

    The Giver

    Lois Lowry · 1993 · The Giver #1

    Because shares tags: science fiction, classics.

    Lois Lowry's The Giver retold: Jonas's Assignment, the memories, release, and the sled ride out.

11. 

    Slaughterhouse-Five

    Kurt Vonnegut · 1969

    Because shares tags: classics, science fiction.

    Billy Pilgrim slips through time from Dresden to Tralfamadore in Vonnegut's short antiwar classic.

12. 

    Frankenstein

    Mary Shelley · 1818

    Because shares tags: classics, science fiction.

    Frankenstein retold: Victor builds, the creature wakes, Arctic letters, demand and refusal.

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