Foundation

1951 · Book · science fiction

Isaac Asimov

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Foundation is a science fiction novel by American writer Isaac Asimov. It is the first book in the Foundation Trilogy. Foundation is a cycle of five interrelated short stories, first published as a single book by Gnome Press in 1951. Collectively they tell the early story of the Foundation, an institute founded by psychohistorian Hari Seldon to preserve the best of galactic civilization after his predicted collapse of the Galactic Empire.

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Type: Book
Release date: January 1, 1951
Genres: science fiction
Created by: Isaac Asimov
Countries: United States