How Isaac Asimov's Daughter Feels About The Foundation Apple TV Series
Isaac Asimov never lived to see Apple TV+ adapt Foundation, but his daughter, Robyn, knows what he'd think - and has some strong feelings of her own.
Robyn Asimov, daughter of the renowned sci-fi author Isaac Asimov, has expressed her approval of the Foundation Apple TV+ series. Asimov, who served as one of the show's executive producers, revealed during a Collider interview published after Season 2 that she believes the series enhances her father's complex books. She appreciated the emphasis on character development, which was not a strong point in her father's work.
Asimov expressed her conviction that if her father had lived to see the series, he would have been very impressed. The Foundation series, originally a collection of short stories in 1942, expanded into a long, intricate sci-fi epic that concluded in 1993. While the intricate plot and time jumps present challenges for TV adaptation, the series' showrunner, David S. Goyer, found a way to have the same characters reappear throughout the story by extending their lifespans.
The show features recurring characters such as Emperor Cleon, played by Lee Pace. Asimov is confident that her father would have loved seeing the characters come to life in the series.
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