Blissenobiarella, known informally as Bliss, is a character in Isaac Asimov's Foundation series. She is from planet Gaia, and she appears in the novels Foundation's Edge and Foundation and Earth.
Bliss is first introduced in Foundation's Edge as the escort for two Foundation men, Golan Trevize and Janov Pelorat, to be received to Gaia. Bliss, like all Gaians, has an enormous affinity for life and can't bear to see life destroyed. She is for long ...
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Blissenobiarella, known informally as Bliss, is a character in Isaac Asimov's Foundation series. She is from planet Gaia, and she appears in the novels Foundation's Edge and Foundation and Earth.
Bliss is first introduced in Foundation's Edge as the escort for two Foundation men, Golan Trevize and Janov Pelorat, to be received to Gaia. Bliss, like all Gaians, has an enormous affinity for life and can't bear to see life destroyed. She is for long distrusted by Trevize while his partner Pelorat is quickly fascinated, until they become lovers.
Particularly in Foundation and Earth Bliss serves partly as way of exploring the narrative, as she and Trevize engage in frequent debates. In particular Bliss acts as an advocate for Gaia/Galaxia while Trevize, still somewhat uncomfortable with the decision he makes in Foundations' Edge, argues for individuality. As both an individual and an extension of the Gaia group-mind Bliss is extremely intelligent and easily able to debate with Trevize...
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