num_pages: 284
description: Librarian's Note: Alternate-cover edition for ISBN 0553293370 / 9780553293371Led by its founding father, the great psychohistorian Hari Seldon, and taking advantage of its superior science and technology, the Foundation has survived the greed and barbarism of its neighboring warrior-planets. Yet now it must face the Empire - still the mightiest force in the Galaxy even in its death throes. When an ambitious general determined t restore the Empire's glory turns the vast Imperial fleet toward the Foundation, the only hope for the small planet of scholars and scientists lies in the prophecies of Hari Seldon.But not even Hari Seldon could have predicted the birth of the extraordinary creature called the Mule - a mutant intelligence with a power greater than a dozen battle fleets... a power that can turn the strongest-willed human into an obedient slave.
language: English
title: Foundation and Empire
titlecomplete: Foundation and Empire
characters: Hari Seldon, Mule, Toran Darell, Bel Riose, Bayta Darell
genres: Audiobook, Novels, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Classics, Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Space, Space Opera
ratings_count: 197446
series: Foundation (Chronological Order), Greater Foundation Universe, Foundation (Publication Order)
awards: awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Retro Hugo Award
category: Best Novel for "The Mule"
publisher: Bantam Spectra