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Foundation ; Foundation and empire ; Second foundation / Isaac Asimov ; with an introduction by Michael Dirda.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Everyman's library (Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.). 332. Publisher: New York : Everymans Library, 2010Description: li, 607 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781841593326 (hbk.)
Other title:
  • Foundation and empire
  • Second foundation
  • Spine title: Foundation trilogy
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 813 ASI 23 022990
LOC classification:
  • PS3551.S5 F597 2010
Online resources:
Contents:
Foundation -- Foundation and empire -- Second foundation.
Summary: It is the story of the Galactic Empire, crumbling after twelve thousand years of rule. And it is the particular story of psycho-historian Hari Seldon, the only man who can see the horrors the future has in store: a dark age of ignorance, barbarism and violence that will last for thirty thousand years. Gathering together a band of courageous men and women, Seldon leads them to a hidden location at the edge of the galaxy where he hopes they can preserve human knowledge and wisdom against all who would destroy them. Asimov went on to add numerous sequels and prequels to the trilogy, building up what has become known as the Foundation series, but it is the original three books, first published in the Forties and Fifties, which remain the most powerful, imaginative and breathtaking.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. xxii-xxiv), and chronology.

Foundation -- Foundation and empire -- Second foundation.

It is the story of the Galactic Empire, crumbling after twelve thousand years of rule. And it is the particular story of psycho-historian Hari Seldon, the only man who can see the horrors the future has in store: a dark age of ignorance, barbarism and violence that will last for thirty thousand years. Gathering together a band of courageous men and women, Seldon leads them to a hidden location at the edge of the galaxy where he hopes they can preserve human knowledge and wisdom against all who would destroy them.
Asimov went on to add numerous sequels and prequels to the trilogy, building up what has become known as the Foundation series, but it is the original three books, first published in the Forties and Fifties, which remain the most powerful, imaginative and breathtaking.

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