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Sura Novi

2008-04-30T23:45:28Z

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| Occupation = Covert Agent
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Sura Novi is a character in [[Isaac Asimov| Isaac Asimov’s]] [[foundation series| Foundation Series]]. She appears in Foundation’s Edge. Her full name is Suranoviremblastiran. She is first introduced as a Hamish farmer who rescues Speaker Stor Gendibal of the Second Foundation, and she comes to aid him on his quest.

Most of the book concerning Gendibal and Novi is told from a third person Gendibal-limited perspective, and the dynamic between the two characters is explored. There is a deliberate racial element involved; Gendibal and Novi are presented as appearing white and non-white, respectively. Gendibal sees Novi as inferior and as a [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NobleSavage noble savage.] However, as the story progresses, it becomes clearer and clearer that Novi is far more intelligent than Gendibal acknowledges, as the story comes to establish Gendibal as an [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/UnreliableNarrator unreliable narrator.]

At the end of Foundation’s Edge, Novi is revealed to be a Gaian spy sent to keep tabs on and manipulate Gendibal. Thus, she is not only a mentalist capable of both reading and manipulating emotions but also a part of the collective consciousness that is Gaia. In the final standoff, Sura Novi speaks on behalf and in favor of Gaia. When Trevize decides in favor of Gaia, Gendibal’s memories and emotions are manipulated, leading him to believe that his goal was actually to manipulate [[Harla Branno| Mayor Branno]] into obtaining a new commercial treaty with the Sayshell Union.

The ending of Foundation’s Edge casts Sura Novi as something of an unsung hero with a bittersweet ending, as she must remain physically and emotionally separated from Gaia in order to continue to keep tabs on Gendibal and thus ensure the future of the galaxy, most of the inhabitants of which will never even know she existed.

==Further reading==

[http://sabonasi.livejournal.com/422457.html Gendibal, Novi, Bayta, & the Mule: Details & Deconstruction in Isaac Asimov's Foundation Series]

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Isaac Asimov

2008-04-30T21:12:13Z

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'''Isaac Asimov''' was an influential SF writer and editor, and also was well-known as a humanist and atheist. He is most famous for the [[Foundation series]], although also famous for [[Galactic Empire series]] and [[Robot series]]; his short story "[[Nightfall (short story)|Nightfall]]" was a major award-winner.

He was married twice. His second wife, [[Janet Asimov]], is also a SF writer.

As a humanist and atheist, Asimov also identified as a supporter of human rights, including as a feminist, and supported gay rights. His views were tied to environmentalism and concern about overpopulation.

==Names==
* Paul French (pseudonym for YA)
* Isaac Asimov

==Works==
* [[Bliss]] is a female character in the [[Foundation series]]
* [[Harla Branno]] is a female character in the [[Foundation series]]
* [[Callia]] is a female character in the [[Foundation series]]
* [[Susan Calvin]] is Asimov's most famous female character
* [[Arkady Darell]] is a female character in the [[Foundation series]]
* [[Bayta Darell]] is a female character in the [[Foundation series]]
* [[Delora Delarmi]] is a female character in the [[Foundation series]]
* [[Manella Dubanqua]] is a female character in the [[Foundation series]]
* [[Fallom]] is a female character in the [[Foundation series]]
* [[Hiroko]] is a female character in the [[Foundation series]]
* [[Mitza Lizalor]] is a female character in the [[Foundation series]]
* [[Sura Novi]] is a female character in the [[Foundation series]]
* [[Wanda Seldon]] is a female character in the [[Foundation series]]
* [[Dors Venabili]] is a female character in the [[Foundation series]]

==Critiques, discussions, etc.==
* [http://johnnypez9.blogspot.com/search?q=frank+miller+test JohnnyPez9]

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Sura Novi

2008-04-30T21:09:46Z

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Bliss

2008-04-30T21:09:37Z

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Bliss is a character in [[Isaac Asimov| Isaac Asimov’s]] [[foundation series| Foundation Series]]. She appears in Foundation’s Edge and Foundation and Earth. Her full name is Blissenobiarella, and she is a Gaian sent to aid and protect Golan Trevize on his mission to find Earth. Bliss is a mentalist, capable of both reading and manipulating emotions, as well as a part of the collective consciousness that is Gaia.

Bliss both comes from an egalitarian society and is patriarchally-acceptable. She is depicted as sexual, mistaken by a number of characters as a prostitute. Additionally, she falls in love with Janov Pelorat, who is much older than her. However, Bliss is shown as having no interest in Pelorat’s companion Golan Trevize, and it is established that there is a reason she is attracted to Pelorat; she is drawn by his selflessness. Additionally, it is revealed that Bliss is polygamous; Pelorat is not her only partner. In general, it reads as plausible justifications given for a female character from a non-patriarchal society being palatable to the patriarchy.

Initially, Bliss and Trevize have difficulty getting along, as Trevize, for the same reasons that Bliss does, also loves Pelorat, although he professes that the love is non-sexual. Trevize’s animosity towards Bliss stems from his fear that Bliss will hurt Pelorat by ultimately rejecting him. However, Bliss and Trevize eventually decide to be friends after Bliss persuades him that she will not harm Pelorat.

Bliss is to a large degree a pacifist, not believing in harming or killing unnecessarily, and she regrets moments in which circumstances force her to kill when she could have obtained the same goal non-violently if there had been more time. It is for this reason that Bliss rescues [[Fallom]], who would have otherwise been killed after – and because – Bliss was forced to kill Fallom’s biological parent Bander in order to save Trevize, Pelorat, and herself.

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Mitza Lizalor

2008-04-30T21:09:27Z

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| Occupation = Minister of Transportation
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Minister Lizalor is a character in [[Isaac Asimov| Isaac Asimov’s]] [[foundation series| Foundation Series]]. She appears in Foundation and Earth. She is the Minister of Transportation on Comporellian. In Foundation and Earth, Minister Lizalor attempts to blackmail and/or bribe Golan Trevize out of his gravitic ship, as doing so would allow Comporellian to compete with the Foundation in terms of technology. Trevize sleeps with her as part of gambit to allow him to keep his ship until the end of his mission, but after learning that Trevize is searching for Earth – which she considers unlucky – she allows him to keep the ship completely.

After the fact, Trevize and the reader learn that [[Bliss]] mentally broke a few of Minister Lizalor’s inhibitions that led to Minister Lizalor propositioning sex with Trevize. The text inadequately addresses how this information pertains to the question of inhibited consent in regard to the sex between Minister Lizalor and Trevize.

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Fallom

2008-04-30T21:09:18Z

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Fallom is a character in [[Isaac Asimov| Isaac Asimov’s]] [[foundation series| Foundation Series]]. She appears in Foundation and Earth. Fallom is dual-sexed but referred to with the feminine pronoun. This is because Asimov had the sense to realize that ‘it’ is not an acceptable pronoun for people but not the sense to utilize ‘they’ as a non-gendered, singular pronoun. Fallom’s gender-identity is not addressed. Fallom is telekinetic and somewhere between eleven and fourteen years old.

Fallom is rescued by [[Bliss]] after Bliss kills Fallom’s biological parent Bander in order to save Golan Trevize, Janov Pelorat, and herself. Trevize, who has strong intuitive abilities, dislikes and distrusts Fallom. It is unclear as whether the text supports Trevize or not. One could argue that his intuitive abilities were correct only in that Fallom is a child who has just been taken away from the only life she has known by the people responsible for the death the robot Jemby, who is the only parent Fallom has ever known. It is Fallom’s understandable distraught and confusion at the situation that leads her to attempt to take control of the ship. After all, Fallom’s flute playing is part of what convinces [[Hiroko]] to save the group while they are on New Earth. Further, Fallom has a role to play in bringing about the new future of humanity; Fallom is to merge minds with Daneel, whom the quartet meets at the end of Foundation and Earth and whom Fallom takes to immediately, utterly convinced he is Jemby (despite attempts to persuade her otherwise.) It could be said, then, that while Trevize’s intuitive abilities were correct as usual, he could have stood to be nicer to Fallom, as his rudeness towards her did not help anything. However, the final paragraph of the book seems determined to cast Fallom as unchangeably different and dangerous, which contradicts what was previously shown. As there are no novels in the [[foundation series]] set after Foundation and Earth, the purpose of the final paragraph – if any – is never explored.

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Hiroko

2008-04-30T21:09:09Z

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Hiroko is a character in [[Isaac Asimov| Isaac Asimov’s]] [[foundation series| Foundation Series]]. She appears in Foundation and Earth. She is a farmer on New Earth on Alpha, as well as an accomplished flute player. Due to a combination of an attraction to Golan Trevize and Fallom having impressed her with her own flute skills, Hiroko warns Trevize and his companions that the Alphans are planning to kill them, allowing for Trevize and his companions to escape.

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Delora Delarmi

2008-04-30T21:08:23Z

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Speaker Delora Delarmi is a character in [[Isaac Asimov| Isaac Asimov’s]] [[foundation series| Foundation Series]]. She appears in Foundation’s Edge. She is a Speaker at the Table of the Second Foundation. She aspires to become First Speaker and leads up the political attacks on Speaker Stor Gendibal. Speaker Delarmi is depicted as being unfriendly but a shrewd politician. Speaker Delarmi is a mentalist, capable of both reading and manipulating emotions.

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Harla Branno

2008-04-30T21:08:15Z

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| Species = Human
| Occupation = Mayor
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Mayor Harla Branno is a character in [[Isaac Asimov| Isaac Asimov’s]] [[foundation series| Foundation Series]]. She appears in Foundation’s Edge. Nicknamed Branno the Bronze, Mayor Branno is only the fifth female mayor of the First Foundation. At the start of Foundation’s Edge, Mayor Branno had held the position for five years but had been the power behind the mayorship for two different mayors in the twelve years prior to that. In Foundation’s Edge, Mayor Branno exiles Golan Trevize into space as a way to draw out the Second Foundation. Mayor Branno intends to, through military imperialism, establish the Second Galactic Empire in her time, to ensure that she will be remembered in the generations to come. In the final standoff, Mayor Branno speaks on behalf and in favor of the First Foundation. When Trevize decides against the First Foundation and in favor of Gaia, Mayor Branno’s memories and emotions are manipulated, leading her to believe that her goal was actually to obtain a new commercial treaty with the Sayshell Union.

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Callia

2008-04-30T21:08:05Z

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| Names = Lady Callia
| Species = Human
| Occupation = Covert Agent
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Lady Callia is a character in [[Isaac Asimov| Isaac Asimov’s]] [[foundation series| Foundation Series]]. She appears in Second Foundation, and is the mistress of Lord Stettin, First Citizen of Kalgan. Initially, Lady Callia is present as vapid, almost an embodiment of negative stereotypes of women. However, Lady Callia is ultimately revealed to be an agent of the Second Foundation, thus implying that her persona is complete construct. Lady Callia is a mentalist, capable of both reading and manipulating emotions, and uses her abilities to maneuver Lord Stettin for the benefit of the Second Foundation.

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Manella Dubanqua

2008-04-30T21:07:55Z

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| Names = Manella Dubanqua
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| Occupation = Security Officer
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Manella Dubanqua is a character in [[Isaac Asimov| Isaac Asimov’s]] [[foundation series| Foundation Series]]. She appears in Forward the Foundation. She is a security officer for the Imperial Guard and works undercover as a prostitute. Manella saves the lives of both Raych Seldon and Hari Seldon, the former whom she marries. Manella and Raych have two daughters, [[Wanda Seldon| Wanda]] and Bellis.

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Dors Venabili

2008-04-30T21:07:19Z

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| Names = Dr. Dors Venabili
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| Occupation = Historian
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Dr. Dors Venabili is a character in [[Isaac Asimov| Isaac Asimov’s]] [[foundation series| Foundation Series]]. She appears in Prelude to Foundation and Forward to Foundation. A robot created by R. Daneel Olivaw, she was assigned to protect Hari Seldon, whom she later marries. Dors earned the nickname “The Tiger Woman” for her strength. She has a degree in History. She is murdered in Forward the Foundation by Dr. Tamwile Elar, who wanted her out of the way so that her husband would be vulnerable.

There is some role reversal with the character of Dors, as she considers it her duty to protect and take care of her husband, rather than the other way around.

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Bayta Darell

2008-04-30T21:07:11Z

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| Names = Bayta Darell
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| Occupation = Democrat
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Bayta Darell is a character in [[Isaac Asimov| Isaac Asimov’s]] [[foundation series| Foundation Series]]. She appears in Foundation and Empire. Bayta is a descendent of Hober Mallow, and is married to Toran Darell. Later, the two have a son, Toran II, who’s daughter is [[Arkady Darell| Arkady]]. Bayta holds a degree in history and is a member of the Democratic Underground that opposes the hereditary mayors of the Foundation.

Bayta is both protagonist and hero of Foundation and Empire. Initially, she and her husband are sent by Toran’s uncle Randu to Kalgan in order to persuade or provoke a conquer called the Mule into attacking the Foundation as a way of distracting the Foundation from the Independent Tradition Worlds, which are plotting a rebellion against the Foundation. While on Kalgan, Toran and Bayta rescue the Mule’s court fool, a man named Magnifico Giganticus.

After the Mule conquers the Foundation, Bayta works as an assembly girl on the Independent Trading World of Haven, where Toran is from. Randu then sends Bayta, Toran, Magnifico, and a psychologist named Ebling Mis to Trantor with the goals of discovering the Mule’s weakness and finding the Second Foundation.

On Trantor, Bayta, having realized that Magnifico is none other than the Mule himself, shoots Ebling Mis to prevent him from revealing the location of the Second Foundation to the Mule/Magnifico, thus saving the galaxy and future of humanity by allowing the Second Foundation time to plan a counterattack against the Mule and later to fix the damage the Mule has done.

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Wanda Seldon

2008-04-30T21:06:47Z

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| Occupation = Psychohistorian
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Wanda Seldon is a character in [[Isaac Asimov| Isaac Asimov’s]] [[foundation series| Foundation Series]]. She appears in Forward the Foundation. She is the daughter of [[Manella Dubanqua]] and Raych Seldon. A mentalist, capable of both reading and manipulating emotions, she follows in her grandfather Hari Seldon’s footsteps, becoming a psychohistorian and is one of the first members of the Second Foundation.

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Wanda Seldon

2008-04-30T21:06:28Z

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| Occupation = Psychohistorian
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Wanda Seldon is a character in [[Isaac Asimov| Isaac Asimov’s [[foundation series| Foundation Series]]. She appears in Forward the Foundation. She is the daughter of [[Manella Dubanqua]] and Raych Seldon. A mentalist, capable of both reading and manipulating emotions, she follows in her grandfather Hari Seldon’s footsteps, becoming a psychohistorian and is one of the first members of the Second Foundation.

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Foundation series

2008-04-30T21:05:04Z

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[[foundation series| The Foundation Series]] is a series by [[Isaac Asimov]] set far in the future and containing a collection of stories detailing more than five hundred years of history. During the decline of the First Galactic Empire, Hari Seldon developes a new branch of mathematics called psychohistory, which postulates that, in large quantities, human reaction to stimuli is statistical. To mediate the fall of the First Galactic Empire and to bring about the rise of a new and better Second Galactic Empire in a thousand years, Hari Seldon establishes two Foundations at opposite ends of the Galaxy.

Earlier written stories in the Foundation Series ignore the existance of women altogether, while later stories feature of a variety of female characters. The Foundation Series has both its vitures and its flaws. Humanity in the future is shown as diverse, and several of the protagonist characters are described in such ways to suggest they would not be what in contemporary senses would be consider white, although in the future depicted in the Foundation Series, Earthian constructs of race have lost meanings, resulting in a degree of ambiguity with some of the character descriptions. Additionally, in following a path to a utopian Second Galatic Empire, the First Foundation is shown as rejecting military imperialism and becoming increasingly egalitarian. However, different parts of the series arguably contain ableism and transphobia.

Foundation series

2008-04-30T21:04:39Z

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The [[foundation series| Foundation Series]] is a series by [[Isaac Asimov]] set far in the future and containing a collection of stories detailing more than five hundred years of history. During the decline of the First Galactic Empire, Hari Seldon developes a new branch of mathematics called psychohistory, which postulates that, in large quantities, human reaction to stimuli is statistical. To mediate the fall of the First Galactic Empire and to bring about the rise of a new and better Second Galactic Empire in a thousand years, Hari Seldon establishes two Foundations at opposite ends of the Galaxy.

Earlier written stories in the Foundation Series ignore the existance of women altogether, while later stories feature of a variety of female characters. The Foundation Series has both its vitures and its flaws. Humanity in the future is shown as diverse, and several of the protagonist characters are described in such ways to suggest they would not be what in contemporary senses would be consider white, although in the future depicted in the Foundation Series, Earthian constructs of race have lost meanings, resulting in a degree of ambiguity with some of the character descriptions. Additionally, in following a path to a utopian Second Galatic Empire, the First Foundation is shown as rejecting military imperialism and becoming increasingly egalitarian. However, different parts of the series arguably contain ableism and transphobia.

Sura Novi

2008-04-30T19:46:04Z

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{{Femchar
| Names = Sura Novi
| Species = Human
| Occupation = Covert Agent
| Works = [[foundation series]]
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Sura Novi is a character in Isaac Asimov’s [[foundation series]]. She appears in Foundation’s Edge. Her full name is Suranoviremblastiran. She is first introduced as a Hamish farmer who rescues Speaker Stor Gendibal of the Second Foundation, and she comes to aid him on his quest.

Most of the book concerning Gendibal and Novi is told from a third person Gendibal-limited perspective, and the dynamic between the two characters is explored. There is a deliberate racial element involved; Gendibal and Novi are presented as appearing white and non-white, respectively. Gendibal sees Novi as inferior and as a [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NobleSavage noble savage.] However, as the story progresses, it becomes clearer and clearer that Novi is far more intelligent than Gendibal acknowledges, as the story comes to establish Gendibal as an [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/UnreliableNarrator unreliable narrator.]

At the end of Foundation’s Edge, Novi is revealed to be a Gaian spy sent to keep tabs on and manipulate Gendibal. Thus, she is not only a mentalist capable of both reading and manipulating emotions but also a part of the collective consciousness that is Gaia. In the final standoff, Sura Novi speaks on behalf and in favor of Gaia. When Trevize decides in favor of Gaia, Gendibal’s memories and emotions are manipulated, leading him to believe that his goal was actually to manipulate [[Harla Branno| Mayor Branno]] into obtaining a new commercial treaty with the Sayshell Union.

The ending of Foundation’s Edge casts Sura Novi as something of an unsung hero with a bittersweet ending, as she must remain physically and emotionally separated from Gaia in order to continue to keep tabs on Gendibal and thus ensure the future of the galaxy, most of the inhabitants of which will never even know she existed.

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Sura Novi

2008-04-30T19:45:27Z

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{{Femchar
| Names = Sura Novi
| Species = Human
| Occupation = Covert Agent
| Works = [[foundation series]]
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{{spoiler}}

Sura Novi is a character in Isaac Asimov’s [[foundation series]]. She appears in Foundation’s Edge. Her full name is Suranoviremblastiran. She is first introduced as a Hamish farmer who rescues Speaker Stor Gendibal of the Second Foundation, and she comes to aid him on his quest.

Most of the book concerning Gendibal and Novi is told from a third person Gendibal-limited perspective, and the dynamic between the two characters is explored. There is a deliberate racial element involved; Gendibal and Novi are presented as looking white and non-white, respectively. Gendibal sees Novi as inferior and as a [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NobleSavage noble savage.] However, as the story progresses, it becomes clearer and clearer that Novi is far more intelligent than Gendibal acknowledges, as the story comes to establish Gendibal as an [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/UnreliableNarrator unreliable narrator.]

At the end of Foundation’s Edge, Novi is revealed to be a Gaian spy sent to keep tabs on and manipulate Gendibal. Thus, she is not only a mentalist capable of both reading and manipulating emotions but also a part of the collective consciousness that is Gaia. In the final standoff, Sura Novi speaks on behalf and in favor of Gaia. When Trevize decides in favor of Gaia, Gendibal’s memories and emotions are manipulated, leading him to believe that his goal was actually to manipulate [[Harla Branno| Mayor Branno]] into obtaining a new commercial treaty with the Sayshell Union.

The ending of Foundation’s Edge casts Sura Novi as something of an unsung hero with a bittersweet ending, as she must remain physically and emotionally separated from Gaia in order to continue to keep tabs on Gendibal and thus ensure the future of the galaxy, most of the inhabitants of which will never even know she existed.

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Hiroko

2008-04-30T19:29:19Z

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| Species = Human
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Hiroko is a character in Isaac Asimov’s [[foundation series]]. She appears in Foundation and Earth. She is a farmer on New Earth on Alpha, as well as an accomplished flute player. Due to a combination of an attraction to Golan Trevize and Fallom having impressed her with her own flute skills, Hiroko warns Trevize and his companions that the Alphans are planning to kill them, allowing for Trevize and his companions to escape.

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Fallom

2008-04-30T19:28:57Z

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Fallom is a character in Isaac Asimov’s [[foundation series]]. She appears in Foundation and Earth. Fallom is dual-sexed but referred to with the feminine pronoun. This is because Asimov had the sense to realize that ‘it’ is not an acceptable pronoun for people but not the sense to utilize ‘they’ as a non-gendered, singular pronoun. Fallom’s gender-identity is not addressed. Fallom is telekinetic and somewhere between eleven and fourteen years old.

Fallom is rescued by [[Bliss]] after Bliss kills Fallom’s biological parent Bander in order to save Golan Trevize, Janov Pelorat, and herself. Trevize, who has strong intuitive abilities, dislikes and distrusts Fallom. It is unclear as whether the text supports Trevize or not. One could argue that his intuitive abilities were correct only in that Fallom is a child who has just been taken away from the only life she has known by the people responsible for the death the robot Jemby, who is the only parent Fallom has ever known. It is Fallom’s understandable distraught and confusion at the situation that leads her to attempt to take control of the ship. After all, Fallom’s flute playing is part of what convinces [[Hiroko]] to save the group while they are on New Earth. Further, Fallom has a role to play in bringing about the new future of humanity; Fallom is to merge minds with Daneel, whom the quartet meets at the end of Foundation and Earth and whom Fallom takes to immediately, utterly convinced he is Jemby (despite attempts to persuade her otherwise.) It could be said, then, that while Trevize’s intuitive abilities were correct as usual, he could have stood to be nicer to Fallom, as his rudeness towards her did not help anything. However, the final paragraph of the book seems determined to cast Fallom as unchangeably different and dangerous, which contradicts what was previously shown. As there are no novels in the [[foundation series]] set after Foundation and Earth, the purpose of the final paragraph – if any – is never explored.

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Mitza Lizalor

2008-04-30T19:28:15Z

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| Names = Mitza Lizalor
| Species = Human
| Occupation = Minister of Transportation
| Works = [[foundation series]]
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Minister Lizalor is a character in Isaac Asimov’s [[foundation series]]. She appears in Foundation and Earth. She is the Minister of Transportation on Comporellian. In Foundation and Earth, Minister Lizalor attempts to blackmail and/or bribe Golan Trevize out of his gravitic ship, as doing so would allow Comporellian to compete with the Foundation in terms of technology. Trevize sleeps with her as part of gambit to allow him to keep his ship until the end of his mission, but after learning that Trevize is searching for Earth – which she considers unlucky – she allows him to keep the ship completely.

After the fact, Trevize and the reader learn that [[Bliss]] mentally broke a few of Minister Lizalor’s inhibitions that led to Minister Lizalor propositioning sex with Trevize. The text inadequately addresses how this information pertains to the question of inhibited consent in regard to the sex between Minister Lizalor and Trevize.

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Bliss

2008-04-30T19:27:04Z

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Bliss is a character in Isaac Asimov’s [[foundation series]]. She appears in Foundation’s Edge and Foundation and Earth. Her full name is Blissenobiarella, and she is a Gaian sent to aid and protect Golan Trevize on his mission to find Earth. Bliss is a mentalist, capable of both reading and manipulating emotions, as well as a part of the collective consciousness that is Gaia.

Bliss both comes from an egalitarian society and is patriarchally-acceptable. She is depicted as sexual, mistaken by a number of characters as a prostitute. Additionally, she falls in love with Janov Pelorat, who is much older than her. However, Bliss is shown as having no interest in Pelorat’s companion Golan Trevize, and it is established that there is a reason she is attracted to Pelorat; she is drawn by his selflessness. Additionally, it is revealed that Bliss is polygamous; Pelorat is not her only partner. In general, it reads as plausible justifications given for a female character from a non-patriarchal society being palatable to the patriarchy.

Initially, Bliss and Trevize have difficulty getting along, as Trevize, for the same reasons that Bliss does, also loves Pelorat, although he professes that the love is non-sexual. Trevize’s animosity towards Bliss stems from his fear that Bliss will hurt Pelorat by ultimately rejecting him. However, Bliss and Trevize eventually decide to be friends after Bliss persuades him that she will not harm Pelorat.

Bliss is to a large degree a pacifist, not believing in harming or killing unnecessarily, and she regrets moments in which circumstances force her to kill when she could have obtained the same goal non-violently if there had been more time. It is for this reason that Bliss rescues [[Fallom]], who would have otherwise been killed after – and because – Bliss was forced to kill Fallom’s biological parent Bander in order to save Trevize, Pelorat, and herself.

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Sura Novi

2008-04-30T19:25:45Z

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Sura Novi is a character in Isaac Asimov’s [[foundation series]]. She appears in Foundation’s Edge. Her full name is Suranoviremblastiran. She is first introduced as a Hamish farmer who rescues Speaker Stor Gendibal of the Second Foundation, and she comes to aid him on his quest.

Most of the book concerning Gendibal and Novi is told from a third person Gendibal-limited perspective, and the dynamic between the two characters is explored. There is a deliberate racial element; Gendibal and Novi are presented as looking white and non-white, respectively. Gendibal sees Novi as inferior and as a [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NobleSavage noble savage.] However, as the story progresses, it becomes clearer and clearer that Novi is far more intelligent than Gendibal acknowledges, as the story comes to establish Gendibal as an [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/UnreliableNarrator unreliable narrator.]

At the end of Foundation’s Edge, Novi is revealed to be a Gaian spy sent to keep tabs on and manipulate Gendibal. Thus, she is not only a mentalist capable of both reading and manipulating emotions but also a part of the collective consciousness that is Gaia. In the final standoff, Sura Novi speaks on behalf and in favor of Gaia. When Trevize decides in favor of Gaia, Gendibal’s memories and emotions are manipulated, leading him to believe that his goal was actually to manipulate [[Harla Branno| Mayor Branno]] into obtaining a new commercial treaty with the Sayshell Union.

The ending of Foundation’s Edge casts Sura Novi as something of an unsung hero with a bittersweet ending, as she must remain physically and emotionally separated from Gaia in order to continue to keep tabs on Gendibal and thus ensure the future of the galaxy, most of the inhabitants of which will never even know she existed.

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Sura Novi

2008-04-30T19:24:42Z

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Sura Novi is a character in Isaac Asimov’s [[foundation series]]. She appears in Foundation’s Edge. Her full name is Suranoviremblastiran. She is first introduced as a Hamish farmer who rescues Speaker Stor Gendibal of the Second Foundation, and she comes to aid him on his quest.

Most of the book concerning Gendibal and Novi is told from a third person Gendibal-limited perspective, and the dynamic between the two characters is explored. There is a deliberate racial element; Gendibal and Novi are presented as looking white and non-white, respectively. Gendibal sees Novi as inferior and as a [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NobleSavage noble savage]. However, as the story progresses, it becomes clearer and clearer that Novi is far more intelligent than Gendibal acknowledges, as the story comes to establish Gendibal as an [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/UnreliableNarrator unreliable narrator].

At the end of Foundation’s Edge, Novi is revealed to be a Gaian spy sent to keep tabs on and manipulate Gendibal. Thus, she is not only a mentalist capable of both reading and manipulating emotions but also a part of the collective consciousness that is Gaia. In the final standoff, Sura Novi speaks on behalf and in favor of Gaia. When Trevize decides in favor of Gaia, Gendibal’s memories and emotions are manipulated, leading him to believe that his goal was actually to manipulate [[Harla Branno| Mayor Branno]] into obtaining a new commercial treaty with the Sayshell Union.

The ending of Foundation’s Edge casts Sura Novi as something of an unsung hero with a bittersweet ending, as she must remain physically and emotionally separated from Gaia in order to continue to keep tabs on Gendibal and thus ensure the future of the galaxy, most of the inhabitants of which will never even know she existed.

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Delora Delarmi

2008-04-30T19:23:57Z

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Speaker Delora Delarmi is a character in Isaac Asimov’s [[foundation series]]. She appears in Foundation’s Edge. She is a Speaker at the Table of the Second Foundation. She aspires to become First Speaker and leads up the political attacks on Speaker Stor Gendibal. Speaker Delarmi is depicted as being unfriendly but a shrewd politician. Speaker Delarmi is a mentalist, capable of both reading and manipulating emotions.

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Harla Branno

2008-04-30T19:22:40Z

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| Occupation = Mayor
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Mayor Harla Branno is a character in Isaac Asimov’s [[foundation series]]. She appears in Foundation’s Edge. Nicknamed Branno the Bronze, Mayor Branno is only the fifth female mayor of the First Foundation. At the start of Foundation’s Edge, Mayor Branno had held the position for five years but had been the power behind the mayorship for two different mayors in the twelve years prior to that. In Foundation’s Edge, Mayor Branno exiles Golan Trevize into space as a way to draw out the Second Foundation. Mayor Branno intends to, through military imperialism, establish the Second Galactic Empire in her time, to ensure that she will be remembered in the generations to come. In the final standoff, Mayor Branno speaks on behalf and in favor of the First Foundation. When Trevize decides against the First Foundation and in favor of Gaia, Mayor Branno’s memories and emotions are manipulated, leading her to believe that her goal was actually to obtain a new commercial treaty with the Sayshell Union.

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Arkady Darell

2008-04-30T19:21:54Z

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'''Arkady Darell''' is a female character from [[Isaac Asimov]]'s ''[[Second Foundation]]''. Born Arcadia Darell, Arkady is the granddaughter of [[Bayta Darell]]. She is a novelist who predominately writes romance novels but is also the author of a biography of her grandmother.

In Second Foundation, Arkady sneaks aboard the ship of Homir Munn, thus putting herself in the First Foundation’s search for the Second Foundation. While Arkady has adventures in space through the story, the end of the novel reveals that she has been an unwitting pawn of the Second Foundation, which robs her of her autonomy.

==Further reading==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkady_Darell Wikipedia entry on Arkady Darelln]

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Bayta Darell

2008-04-30T19:08:16Z

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| Occupation = Democrat
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Bayta Darell is a character in Isaac Asimov’s [[foundation series]]. She appears in Foundation and Empire. Bayta is a descendent of Hober Mallow, and is married to Toran Darell. Later, the two have a son, Toran II, who’s daughter is [[Arkady Darell| Arkady]]. Bayta holds a degree in history and is a member of the Democratic Underground that opposes the hereditary mayors of the Foundation.

Bayta is both protagonist and hero of Foundation and Empire. Initially, she and her husband are sent by Toran’s uncle Randu to Kalgan in order to persuade or provoke a conquer called the Mule into attacking the Foundation as a way of distracting the Foundation from the Independent Tradition Worlds, which are plotting a rebellion against the Foundation. While on Kalgan, Toran and Bayta rescue the Mule’s court fool, a man named Magnifico Giganticus.

After the Mule conquers the Foundation, Bayta works as an assembly girl on the Independent Trading World of Haven, where Toran is from. Randu then sends Bayta, Toran, Magnifico, and a psychologist named Ebling Mis to Trantor with the goals of discovering the Mule’s weakness and finding the Second Foundation.

On Trantor, Bayta, having realized that Magnifico is none other than the Mule himself, shoots Ebling Mis to prevent him from revealing the location of the Second Foundation to the Mule/Magnifico, thus saving the galaxy and future of humanity by allowing the Second Foundation time to plan a counterattack against the Mule and later to fix the damage the Mule has done.

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Callia

2008-04-30T19:06:09Z

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Lady Callia is a character in Isaac Asimov’s [[foundation series]]. She appears in Second Foundation, and is the mistress of Lord Stettin, First Citizen of Kalgan. Initially, Lady Callia is present as vapid, almost an embodiment of negative stereotypes of women. However, Lady Callia is ultimately revealed to be an agent of the Second Foundation, thus implying that her persona is complete construct. Lady Callia is a mentalist, capable of both reading and manipulating emotions, and uses her abilities to maneuver Lord Stettin for the benefit of the Second Foundation.

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Manella Dubanqua

2008-04-30T18:56:06Z

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Manella Dubanqua is a character in Isaac Asimov’s [[foundation series]]. She appears in Forward the Foundation. She is a security officer for the Imperial Guard and works undercover as a prostitute. Manella saves the lives of both Raych Seldon and Hari Seldon, the former whom she marries. Manella and Raych have two daughters, [[Wanda Seldon| Wanda]] and Bellis.

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Wanda Seldon

2008-04-30T18:44:22Z

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Wanda Seldon is a character in Isaac Asimov’s [[foundation series]]. She appears in Forward the Foundation. She is the daughter of [[Manella Dubanqua]] and Raych Seldon. A mentalist, capable of both reading and manipulating emotions, she follows in her grandfather Hari Seldon’s footsteps, becoming a psychohistorian and is one of the first members of the Second Foundation.

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Dors Venabili

2008-04-30T18:39:00Z

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Dr. Dors Venabili is a character in Isaac Asimov’s [[foundation series]]. She appears in Prelude to Foundation and Forward to Foundation. A robot created by R. Daneel Olivaw, she was assigned to protect Hari Seldon, whom she later marries. Dors earned the nickname “The Tiger Woman” for her strength. She has a degree in History. She is murdered in Forward the Foundation by Dr. Tamwile Elar, who wanted her out of the way so that her husband would be vulnerable.

There is some role reversal with the character of Dors, as she considers it her duty to protect and take care of her husband, rather than the other way around.

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Isaac Asimov

2008-04-30T18:37:11Z

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'''Isaac Asimov''' was an influential SF writer and editor, and also was well-known as a humanist and atheist. He is most famous for the [[Foundation series]], although also famous for [[Galactic Empire series]] and [[Robot series]]; his short story "[[Nightfall (short story)|Nightfall]]" was a major award-winner.

He was married twice. His second wife, [[Janet Asimov]], is also a SF writer.

As a humanist and atheist, Asimov also identified as a supporter of human rights, including as a feminist, and supported gay rights. His views were tied to environmentalism and concern about overpopulation.

==Names==
* Paul French (pseudonym for YA)
* Isaac Asimov

==Works==
* [[Susan Calvin]] is Asimov's most famous female character
* [[Arkady Darell]] is a female character in the [[Foundation series]]
* [[Bayta Darell]] is a female character in the [[Foundation series]]
* [[Dors Venabili]] is a female character in the [[Foundation series]]
* [[Wanda Seldon]] is a female character in the [[Foundation series]]
* [[Manella Dubanqua]] is a female character in the [[Foundation series]]
* [[Callia]] is a female character in the [[Foundation series]]
* [[Harla Branno]] is a female character in the [[Foundation series]]
* [[Delora Delarmi]] is a female character in the [[Foundation series]]
* [[Sura Novi]] is a female character in the [[Foundation series]]
* [[Bliss]] is a female character in the [[Foundation series]]
* [[Mitza Lizalor]] is a female character in the [[Foundation series]]
* [[Fallom]] is a female character in the [[Foundation series]]
* [[Hiroko]] is a female character in the [[Foundation series]]

==Critiques, discussions, etc.==
* [http://johnnypez9.blogspot.com/search?q=frank+miller+test JohnnyPez9]

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Isaac Asimov

2008-04-30T18:36:08Z

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'''Isaac Asimov''' was an influential SF writer and editor, and also was well-known as a humanist and atheist. He is most famous for the [[Foundation series]], although also famous for [[Galactic Empire series]] and [[Robot series]]; his short story "[[Nightfall (short story)|Nightfall]]" was a major award-winner.

He was married twice. His second wife, [[Janet Asimov]], is also a SF writer.

As a humanist and atheist, Asimov also identified as a supporter of human rights, including as a feminist, and supported gay rights. His views were tied to environmentalism and concern about overpopulation.

==Names==
* Paul French (pseudonym for YA)
* Isaac Asimov

==Works==
* [[Susan Calvin]] is Asimov's most famous female character
* [[Arkady Darell]] is a female character in the [[Foundation series]]
* [[Bayta Darell]] is a female character in the [[Foundation series]]

* [[Dors Venabili]] is a female character in the [[Foundation series]]
* [[Wanda Seldon]] is a female character in the [[Foundation series]]
* [[Manella Dubanqua]] is a female character in the [[Foundation series]]
* [[Callia]] is a female character in the [[Foundation series]]
* [[Harla Branno]] is a female character in the [[Foundation series]]
* [[Delora Delarmi]] is a female character in the [[Foundation series]]
* [[Sura Novi]] is a female character in the [[Foundation series]]
* [[Bliss]] is a female character in the [[Foundation series]]
* [[Mitza Lizalor]] is a female character in the [[Foundation series]]
* [[Fallom]] is a female character in the [[Foundation series]]
* [[Hiroko]] is a female character in the [[Foundation series]]

==Critiques, discussions, etc.==
* [http://johnnypez9.blogspot.com/search?q=frank+miller+test JohnnyPez9]

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Isaac Asimov

2008-04-30T18:32:29Z

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