num_pages: 296
description: One of the great masterworks of science fiction, the Foundation novels of Isaac Asimov are unsurpassed for their unique blend of nonstop action, daring ideas, and extensive world-building. The story of our future begins with the history of Foundation and its greatest psychohistorian: Hari Seldon.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.But soon the fledging Foundation finds itself at the mercy of corrupt warlords rising in the wake of the receding Empire. And mankind's last best hope is faced with an agonizing choice: submit to the barbarians and live as slaves — or take a stand for freedom and risk total destruction.
language: English
title: Foundation
titlecomplete: Foundation
characters: Hari Seldon, Salvor Hardin, Hober Mallow
genres: Audiobook, Novels, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Classics, Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Space, Space Opera
ratings_count: 519625
series: Foundation (Chronological Order), Greater Foundation Universe, Foundation (Publication Order)
awards: awardedAt: 1672560000000
name: Premi Ictineu
category: Millor il·lustració de coberta
publisher: Bantam Spectra