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Foundation
Contributor(s): Asimov, Isaac (Author)

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ISBN: 0553293354     ISBN-13: 9780553293357
Publisher: Spectra Books
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Binding Type: Mass Market Paperbound - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: October 1991
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Annotation: For twelve thousand years the Galactic Empire has ruled supreme. Now it is dying. But only Hari Sheldon, creator of the revolutionary science of psychohistory, can see into the future--to a dark age of ignorance, barbarism, and warfare that will last thirty thousand years. To preserve knowledge and save mankind, Seldon gathers the best minds in the Empire--both scientists and scholars--and brings them to a bleak planet at the edge of the Galaxy to serve as a beacon of hope for a fututre generations. He calls his sanctuary the Foundation.
But soon the fledgling Foundation finds itself at the mercy of corrupt warlords rising in the wake of the receding Empire. Mankind's last best hope is faced with an agonizing choice: submit to the barbarians and be overrun--or fight them and be destroyed.

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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Science Fiction - Hard Science Fiction
- Fiction | Classics
- Fiction | Science Fiction - Space Opera
Dewey: FIC
Lexile Measure: 830(Not Available)
Series: Foundation Novels (Paperback)
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 4.1" W x 6.8" L (0.35 lbs) 320 pages
Features: Ikids, Price on Product, Table of Contents
Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 12/16/2007 pg. 16
Science 06/05/2009 pg. 1268
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 50406
Reading Level: 6.4   Interest Level: Upper Grades   Point Value: 11.0
 
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Publisher Description:
The first novel in Isaac Asimov's classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation series

SOON TO BE AN APPLE TV+ SERIES, COMING 9/24/21 - Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read

For twelve thousand years the Galactic Empire has ruled supreme. Now it is dying. But only Hari Seldon, creator of the revolutionary science of psychohistory, can see into the future--to a dark age of ignorance, barbarism, and warfare that will last thirty thousand years. To preserve knowledge and save humankind, Seldon gathers the best minds in the Empire--both scientists and scholars--and brings them to a bleak planet at the edge of the galaxy to serve as a beacon of hope for future generations. He calls his sanctuary the Foundation.

The Foundation novels of Isaac Asimov are among the most influential in the history of science fiction, celebrated for their unique blend of breathtaking action, daring ideas, and extensive worldbuilding. In Foundation, Asimov has written a timely and timeless novel of the best--and worst--that lies in humanity, and the power of even a few courageous souls to shine a light in a universe of darkness.

 
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