Foundation
Author: Isaac Asimov
Published in Year: 1951
Publisher: Gnome Press
Novel no. 01 in the Series: Original Foundation Trilogy
Set in the Universe: Foundation
ISBN N/A
Cover Notes
(:redirect quiet=1 Foundation:) 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.
Publication History
Publication history in print
- Foundation first published in 1951 by Gnome Press
- The 1,000 Year Plan published in 1955
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