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Prelude to Foundation (Foundation Novels)
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Prelude to Foundation (Foundation Novels)
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by Isaac Asimov
Sales Rank : 38581
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Mass Market Paperback: 528 pages
Publisher: Spectra March 1, 1989
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0553278398
ISBN-13: 978-0553278392
Product Dimensions:
7.1 x 4.2 x 1.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces
From Library Journal
To Emperor Cleon I, the science of psychohistory seems to offer the opportunity to predict and direct the course of his Galactic Empire. To Hari Seldon, discoverer of the still theoretical science, it becomes a nightmare as the young historian becomes the most wanted man in the colonized universe. An intricately twisted plot, uncomplicated but amiable characters, and an abundance of leisurely explication mark Asimov's latest addition to his classic Foundation novels. While familiarity with earlier titles is not necessary, series followers will particularly enjoy this prequel. Recommended.JC
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Product Description
It is the year 12,020 G.E. and Emperor Cleon I sits uneasily on the Imperial throne of Trantor. Here in the great multidomed capital of the Galactic Empire, forty billion people have created a civilization of unimaginable technological and cultural complexity. Yet Cleon knows there are those who would see him fall - those whom he would destroy if only he could read the future.
Hari Seldon has come to Trantor to deliver his paper on psychohistory, his remarkable theory of prediction. Little does the young Outworld mathematician know that he has already sealed his fate and the fate of humanity. For Hari possesses the prophetic power that makes him the most wanted man in the Empire the man who holds the key to the future - an apocalyptic power to be know forever after as the Foundation.
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