Name: Prelude to Foundation
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Author: Asimov, Isaac
ISBN: 9780553278392

Type

Physical Book

Author

Isaac Asimov

Publisher

Spectra Books

Year

1989

Language

English

Pages

512

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

17.3 x 10.4 x 3.3 cm

Weight

0.23 kg.

ISBN

0553278398

ISBN13

9780553278392

Synopsis "Prelude to Foundation "

The first of two prequel novels in Isaac Asimov's classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation seriesTHE EPIC SAGA THAT INSPIRED THE APPLE TV+ SERIES FOUNDATION It is the year 12,020 G.E. and Emperor Cleon I sits uneasily on the Imperial throne of Trantor. Here in the great multidomed capital of the Galactic Empire, forty billion people have created a civilization of unimaginable technological and cultural complexity. Yet Cleon knows there are those who would see him fall--those whom he would destroy if only he could read the future. Hari Seldon has come to Trantor to deliver his paper on psychohistory, his remarkable theory of prediction. Little does the young Outworld mathematician know that he has already sealed his fate and the fate of humanity. For Hari possesses the prophetic power that makes him the most wanted man in the Empire . . . the man who holds the key to the future--an apocalyptic power to be known forever after as the Foundation.

Isaac Asimov

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Isaac Asimov (1920-1992), master of science fiction, wrote over 500 works. Highlights include the “Foundation” series (Foundation, Foundation and Empire, Second Foundation), “I, Robot” and the robot series (The Caves of Steel). A Doctor in Biochemistry, he received the Nebula Grand Master Award and was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame.

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