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I remember reading the Foundation series, and I have no desire to re-read it (or watch a TV show about it).
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Not that stuff has to "speak to the present moment" to be worth reading, but I really don't think it speaks to the present moment. And it (iirc) is definitely a book of ideas, rather than emotion (or just excellent sentences, those can make writing worthwhile too).
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I dunno, maybe I'm wrong, maybe the idea of a secret conspiracy of white dudes trying to science their way into making an empire happen, while watching their current empire collapse IS of the moment.
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"science" which says that history happens purely due to socio-economic forces UNLESS a Great Man happens to intervene