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Written by Isaac Asimov
A short story in the Foundation Stories series
Part 4 of the Novel Forward The Foundation.
Cover Notes
"Wanda Seldon", Seldon at seventy finds himself on the verge of failure. Conditions on Trantor have deteriorated, and both the populace in general and the Commission of Public Safety, who control the government of Trantor, have come to blame Seldon. Now that psychohistory has been perfected, Seldon has been able to confirm that the Empire is falling, and that nothing can be done to stop it. He is known as Raven Seldon, a harbinger of doom. Funding for the Psychohistory Project has dried up, and now Seldon is unable to put into operation a plan he has conceived to lessen the impact of the Empire's fall and bring about the creation of a Second Empire from the ruins. However, Seldon learns that his granddaughter Wanda has an unusual ability to influence the emotions of other people. Although Wanda herself isn't strong enough to change another person's mind, she meets another mentalic named Stettin Palver, and they discover that their combined abilities are greater than either alone. With the help of Wanda and Stettin, Seldon is able to convince the head of the Imperial Library to allow the Psychohistory Project to operate there.
