num_pages: 191
description: Second Foundation follows the Seldon Plan after the First Empire's defeat and describes its greatest threat—the growth of a dangerous mutant. This mutant strain had gone wild, producing a mind capable of bending men's wills, directing their thoughts, reshaping their desires, and destroying the universe. Second Foundation completes the most famous series of novels in all of science fiction by one many critics consider our greatest science-fiction writer, Isaac Asimov.
language: English
title: Second Foundation
titlecomplete: Second Foundation (Foundation, #3)
characters: Hari Seldon, Mule, Preem Palver, Arcadia Darell, Bail Channis
genres: Fiction, Space Opera, Speculative Fiction, Classics, Science Fiction Fantasy, Science Fiction, Space, Audiobook, Fantasy, Novels
ratings_count: 178601
series: Foundation (Chronological Order), Foundation (Publication Order), Greater Foundation Universe
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Retro Hugo Award
category: Best Novella for "...And Now You Don't"
publisher: Avon Books