Campbell of Astounding Science Fiction that he write a short story set in a slowly declining Galactic Empire, based on the fall of the Western Roman Empire. On August 1, 1941, Isaac Asimov proposed to John W. The Foundation Series is often regarded as one of Isaac Asimov's best works, alongside his Robot series. Later writers have written new additions authorized by Asimov's estate.
Much later Asimov wrote two sequels and two prequels to the trilogy. Two further books, each consisting of two novellas, were published shortly after and the three are considered a trilogy. The original four stories also appeared in 1955 as part of Ace's double novel series as D-110 under the title The 1,000-Year Plan. A fifth part, the first in fictional chronology, was added for the 1951 Gnome Press edition. Origin and early publication history įour of the five stories had been earlier published in Astounding Science Fiction between 19 under different titles. Collectively they tell the early story of the Foundation, an institute founded by psychohistorian Hari Seldon to preserve the best of galactic civilization after the collapse of the Galactic Empire. Foundation is a cycle of five interrelated short stories, first published as a single book by Gnome Press in 1951. It is the first published in his Foundation Trilogy (later expanded into the Foundation series). Foundation is a science fiction novel by American writer Isaac Asimov.
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