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Forward the Foundation

Isaac Asimov

1993415 pagesabout 6–10 hours
1993
first published
  • 1993Doubleday · 432 pages · ENGISBN 9780385269421
  • 1993Doubleday · 415 pages · ENGISBN 9780385247931
  • 1994Spectra, Bantam Books · 480 pages · ENGISBN 9780553565072
  • 1997Bantam Books · 432 pages · ENGISBN 9780553404883
  • 1995Random House Value Publishing · ENGISBN 9780517154823
  • 2008ENGISBN 9781439507193
  • 2014Heyne Verlag · ENGISBN 9783453528451
  • 2021Ithaki Yayinlari · 488 pagesISBN 9786257442015

During the whole Foundation series, one man has always had his hand in the development of a galaxy. Merely hinted at in previous books, visited off and on for historical background - finally here delved into as deep as one can go - the demystified Hari Seldon. This follows about 40 years of his life, and traces his progress in the development of Psychohistory - the pseudo-mathematical science that would one day save the galaxy. If you have read the Foundation series, either in it's entirety or just pieces, this is a must read. It also (if memory serves) is the last book Asimov wrote before his death - the final pages describing Hari Seldon's final moments of life mirroring his own. A truly beautiful read.

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