For the 1950s, Foundation trilogy by Isaac Asimov (19421951) and. After more than fifty years and the addition of numerous sequels, Foundation, Foundation and Empire, and Second Foundation stands as classics of thrilling, provocative and inspired world-building. In doing so, it defines what is understood by respectively science fiction and medievalism. In 1966, the Foundation trilogy, received a Hugo Award for Best All-Time Series and it remains the only fiction series to have been so honored. Gathering a band of courageous men and women, Seldon leads them to a hidden location at the edge of the galaxy where he hopes they can preserve human knowledge and wisdom against all who would destroy them. And it is the particular story of psycho-historian Hari Seldon, the only man who can see the horrors the future has in store: a dark age of ignorance, barbarism, and violence that will last for thirty thousand years. It is the story of the Galactic Empire, crumbling after twelve thousand years of rule. The original Foundation Trilogy is one of the most celebrated works in science-fiction. Isaac Asimov’s Foundation trilogy - a riveting saga of humanity’s struggle against darkness played out on the grandest possible scale - is one of the cornerstones of modern science fiction. The Foundation book series Besides the Robot novels and Galactic Empire Trilogy, Isaac Asimov is best known for his Foundation book series by which he influenced contemporary science fiction.

This is a rebinding of the 2010 publication from Everyman’s Library.

The first three books of the acclaimed Foundation series, by one of the Grand Masters of Science Fiction Foundation, Foundation and Empire, and Second Foundation are combined into this single leather re-bound collection.

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