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Title: Not that bad, really.
Review: I was expecting a continuation of the events that occurred in Asimov's "Foundation and Earth". I was eager to see how Gaia factored into the situation. Instead, I got more about Hari Seldon. This isn't a bad thing, but the former would've been a better topic. Despite not having my Foundation hunger satisfied, I think David Brin did a decent job with the book. While I agree that the pans and the memes and whatnot brought in a non-Foundation element, Brin's explanation at the back of the book helped me to accept them. Of the three books, Brin's "action" style was the closest to Asimov's writing. However, the constant thinking on the part of the core characters kind of got annoying. Brin's Hari seemed to be dead on, but the "new" Dors was frustrating. And having read the Robot series, Brin's Daneel seemed a little too human. Overall, however, I found it hard to put the book down. Brin kept me riveted despite the drawbacks and in the long run, that's what matters.
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