Prelude to Foundation

Isaac Asimov

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Del Rey Books
15 December 2020

Classic fiction (pre c 1945); Space opera

Series: Foundation

The first of two prequel novels in Isaac Asimov’s classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation series

THE 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.

By: Isaac Asimov
Imprint: Del Rey Books
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 6
Dimensions: Height: 208mm, Width: 137mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 335g
ISBN: 9780593159972
ISBN 10: 0593159977
Series: Foundation
Pages: 448
Publication Date: 15 December 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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 more than 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, Galactic 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 decades. He died in 1992.