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Foundation (Foundation Novels)
by Isaac Asimov
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About This Book
ISBN13: 9780553293357 |
Synopses & Reviews
Publisher Comments:
For twelve thousand years the Galactic Empire has ruled supreme. Now it is dying. But only Hari Sheldon, creator of the revolutionary science of psychohistory, can see into the future--to a dark age of ignorance, barbarism, and warfare that will last thirty thousand years. To preserve knowledge and save mankind, Seldon gathers the best minds in the Empire--both scientists and scholars--and brings them to a bleak planet at the edge of the Galaxy to serve as a beacon of hope for a fututre generations. He calls his sanctuary the Foundation.
But soon the fledgling Foundation finds itself at the mercy of corrupt warlords rising in the wake of the receding Empire. Mankind's last best hope is faced with an agonizing choice: submit to the barbarians and be overrun--or fight them and be destroyed.
About the Author
Isaac Asimov began his Foundation Series at the age of twenty-one, not realizing that it would one day be considered a cornerstone of science fiction. During his legendary career, Asimov penned pver 470 books on subjects ranging from science to Shakespeare to history, though he was most loved for his award-winning science fiction sagas, which include the Robot, Empire, and Foundation series. Named a Grand Master of Science Fiction by the Science Fiction Writers of America, Asimov entertained and educated readers of all ages for close to five decasdes. He died, at age of seventy-two, in April 1992.
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talley, September 3, 2007 (view all comments by talley)
I enjoy Asimov's books and short stories, but this one bored me. I couldn't get past the first 50 pages. On and on with tedious explanations of the past, the character telling the story of the past to people who have lived it and knew everything he was going to say. Asimov is better with robots and Earth Is Room Enough.
Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780553293357
- Author:
- Publisher:
- Spectra Books
- Location:
- New York :
- Subject:
- General
- Subject:
- Fiction
- Subject:
- Science Fiction - General
- Subject:
- Science fiction
- Subject:
- Life on other planets
- Subject:
- Prophecy
- Subject:
- Science Fiction - Series
- Subject:
- Science Fiction - High Tech
- Subject:
- Epic literature
- Subject:
- Historians
- Subject:
- Psychohistory
- Subject:
- Seldon, Hari
- Copyright:
- 1951
- Edition Number:
- Bantam ed.
- Edition Description:
- Bantam Paperback
- Series:
- Foundation Novels
- Series Volume:
- 1
- Publication Date:
- October 1991
- Binding:
- Mass Market Paperbound
- Language:
- English
- Illustrations:
- Yes
- Pages:
- 320
- Dimensions:
- 6.83x4.19x.91 in. .34 lbs.
