If you're familiar with Asimov, you know the Foundation series. I've never been satisfied with the way "Foundation and Earth" ended. There were too many hanging threads from both that and "Foundation's Edge". Yet in twenty years there's never been resolution, just five prequels, and I couldn't stand it any more. I've spent the last several years, off and on, writing a story that I believed flows naturally from what came before. I'm not a writer, I'm an engineer who can't let go of a crazy idea. 
I decided to try to simplify things, instead of making them more complex. I have added no significant characters that did not previously exist in the series (including the Second Trilogy by Benford, Bear and Brin), and all events grow directly out of events in previous books. I believe I have developed a story that holds true to many Asimov themes, provides resolution to several threads, advances several others, and generally sets a clearer way forward for the series as a whole.
As of yesterday my book is complete at 55,000 words long. Like I said, I'm not a writer, I've never done anything like this before. I think it's reasonably decent, but what do I know? It's my book. So I'm looking for beta readers. I'd like feedback on both the book as a standalone novel, and as an extension of the Foundation series, so familiarity and unfamiliarity with the series are both pluses.
I also need publishing advice, since I have no clue how to go about getting a sequel to an existing and massively popular series published, especially when the sequel is written by a complete nobody. But I imagine that's another thread.
Thanks.
I decided to try to simplify things, instead of making them more complex. I have added no significant characters that did not previously exist in the series (including the Second Trilogy by Benford, Bear and Brin), and all events grow directly out of events in previous books. I believe I have developed a story that holds true to many Asimov themes, provides resolution to several threads, advances several others, and generally sets a clearer way forward for the series as a whole.
As of yesterday my book is complete at 55,000 words long. Like I said, I'm not a writer, I've never done anything like this before. I think it's reasonably decent, but what do I know? It's my book.
So I'm looking for beta readers. I'd like feedback on both the book as a standalone novel, and as an extension of the Foundation series, so familiarity and unfamiliarity with the series are both pluses.I also need publishing advice, since I have no clue how to go about getting a sequel to an existing and massively popular series published, especially when the sequel is written by a complete nobody. But I imagine that's another thread.
Thanks.
