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Foundation vs Dune
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I haven't watched the show (I heard that it isn't very good) but I loved the books. With that said, Asimov's writing never seems concerned with gender-specific behavior or interactions between men and women. If I recall correctly, every major character in the trilogy is male, but I think that was just the default assumption at the time the books were written and Asimov had no interest in analyzing that assumption. Therefore, simply changing some characters to women can make the story more realistic to a modern audience while preserving everything important in the books (as long as there aren't romance subplots, because Asimov characters are incapable of romantic love).
Let's see. The prequel his bodyguard and later wife is vital, Daneel isn't real male or female being a robot, his granddaughter basically started the Second Foundation and saved Sheldon. I can't remember her name but the leader of the board of the Second Foundation was also a women. Then you add in Bliss plus the two Second Foundation agents, plus the daughter of the resistance.
Seems pretty equal to me.