Foundation

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Author(s):

Isaac Asimov

First Pub:

1951

Genre(s):

Science Fiction

First Read:

1981

Times Read:

2 times

Rating:

Chapters:

See 5

Part 1 - The Psychohistorians

Part 2 - The Encyclopedists

Part 3 - The Mayors

Part 4 - The Traders

Part 5 - The Merchant Princes

Internal ID:

120

Series:

Foundation and Empire ->

Foundation*

#1 of 7

Foundation*

A series of science fiction books written by Isaac Asimov. They also tie in with the Robot series.

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1) Foundation
2) Foundation and Empire
3) Second Foundation
4) Foundation's Edge
5) Foundation and Earth
6) Prelude to Foundation
7) Forward the Foundation

Copyright:

Dedication:

To My Mother
Of Whose Authentic Gray Hairs
Not a Few Were Caused by Myself

First Sentence:

His name was Gaal Dornick and he was just a country boy who had never seen Trantor before.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

Let my successors solve those new problems, as I have solved the one of today.'

Comments:

Comments may contain spoilers

This books is a collection of five interrelated short stories.

Synopsis not on file
Extract not on file

Added: 29-Dec-2002

Last Updated: 12-May-2023

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Audiobook

Date Issued:

01-Jan-1776

Format:

Audiobook

Length:

15 hrs 58 min

"Read":

Once

Reading(s):

1) 11 May 2023 - 12 May 2023

Internal ID:

23223

Publisher:

Unknown

ISBN:

Unknown

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Jack Fox - Narration

From the YouTube description:

I doubt this series need much introduction. These stories, besides the first chapter "The Psychohistorians", were originally written between 1942 and 1944. The book was published in 1951. This is narration is of an omnibus version that has the first 3 books....

Cover:

Notes and Comments:

Listened to this from the YouTube version (here). This was part of an omnibus version and I cannot find any information about it outside of the YouTube video at this time.

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Foundation

Foundation and Empire

Second Foundation

01-Jan-1966

Avon Books

Mass Market Paperback

Date Issued:

Cir 01-Jan-1966

Format:

Mass Market Paperback

Cover Price:

$1.25

Pages*:

200

Read:

Once

Cover Link(s):

Internet Speculative Fiction Database

World Cat

amazon.com

Internal ID:

2577

Publisher:

Avon Books

ISBN:

0-380-23168-9

ISBN-13:

978-0-380-23168-3

Printing:

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Don Ivan Punchatz - Cover Artist

FOUNDATION
begins a new chapter in the story of man's future life. The Old Empire was crumbling into ancient barbarism throughout the million worlds of the galaxy. Hari Seldon and his band of psychologists must create a new life, the FOUNDATION, dedicated to art, science, and technology as the beginnings of a new empire. The Foundation novels of Isaac Asimov are among the most famous books in all of science-fiction.

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Notes and Comments:

Published by arrangement with Doubleday & Company, Inc.
Foundation is based on published material originally copyrighted by Street and Smith Publications, Inc.
First Printing, October, 1966
Twenty-second Printing

Author(s)

Isaac Asimov
Birth: 02 Jan 1920 Petrovichi, Russia
Death: 06 Apr 1992 New York, USA

Notes:

Contracted AIDS from a blood transfusion during a triple bypass heart surgery.

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I try to maintain page numbers for audiobooks even though obviously there aren't any. I do this to keep track of pages read and I try to use the Kindle version page numbers for this.
Synopses marked with an asterisk (*) were generated by an AI. There aren't a lot since this is an iffy way to do it - AI seems to make stuff up.
When specific publication dates are unknown (ie prefixed with a "Cir"), I try to get the publication date that is closest to the specific printing that I can.
When listing chapters, I only list chapters relevant to the story. I will usually leave off Author Notes, Indices, Acknowledgements, etc unless they are relevant to the story or the book is non-fiction.
Page numbers on this site are for the end of the main story. I normally do not include appendices, extra material, and other miscellaneous stuff at the end of the book in the page count.

Foundation

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