Foundation

One of the great masterpieces of science fiction, Isaac Asimov's Foundation novels are unsurpassed for their unique combination of non-stop action, bold ideas, and extensive world-building.

The story of our future begins with the story of the Foundation and its greatest psychohistorian: Hari Seldon. For twelve thousand years, the Galactic Empire has ruled supreme. Now he is dying. Only Hari Seldon, creator of the revolutionary science of psychohistory, can see the future: a dark age of ignorance, barbarism, and war that will last thirty thousand years. To preserve knowledge and save humanity, Seldon gathers the Empire's best minds (both scientists and scholars) and brings them to a desolate planet at the edge of the Galaxy to serve as a beacon of hope for future generations. He calls his sanctuary Foundation.

But soon the fledgling Foundation finds itself at the mercy of corrupt warlords rising in the wake of the Empire's retreat. And humanity's last best hope faces an agonizing choice: submit to the barbarians and live as slaves, or defend freedom and risk total destruction.

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Psychohistory, Open Library Staff Selections, Life on Other Planets, Fiction, Science Fiction, Long Now Handbook of Civilization, Prophecy, Historians, Robots, Fiction, Science Fiction, General, American Literature, American Fantasy Fiction, Extraterrestrial Vie, Romans, Nouvelles, Psychohistory, Psychological Fiction, American Science Fiction, Hari Seldon (Fictional Character) Showing 10 Featured Editions. See all 98 editions?