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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Detroit Lakes Public Library | SF ASI (Text) | 33500009429093 | Main | Available | - |
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- ISBN: 0553803719
- ISBN: 9780553803716
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Physical Description:
244 p. ; 22 cm.
print - Publisher: New York : Bantam Books, 2004.
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | The psychohistorians -- The encyclopedists -- The mayors -- The traders -- The merchant princes. |
| Summary, etc.: | 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. Only Hari Seldon, creator of the revolutionary science of psychohistory, can see into the future₇a dark age of ignorance, barbarism, and warfare that will last thirty thousand years. To preserve knowledge and save mankind, Seldon gathers the best minds in the Empire₇both scientists and scholars₇and 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 fledgling Foundation finds itself at the mercy of corrupt warlords rising in the wake of the receding Empire. And mankind₂s last best hope is faced with an agonizing choice: submit to the barbarians and live as slaves₇or take a stand for freedom and risk total destruction. |
Author Notes
Isaac Asimov began his Foundation Series at the age of twenty-one, not realizing that it would one day be considered a cornerstone of science fiction. During his legendary career, Asimov penned pver 470 books on subjects ranging from science to Shakespeare to history, though he was most loved for his award-winning science fiction sagas, which include the Robot, Empire, and Foundation series. Named a Grand Master of Science Fiction by the Science Fiction Writers of America, Asimov entertained and educated readers of all ages for close to five decasdes. He died, at age of seventy-two, in April 1992.
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| Subject: | Science fiction Psychological fiction Psychohistory Fiction Life on other planets Fiction Seldon, Hari (Fictitious character) Fiction Adult Science Fiction |
| Genre: | Science fiction. Psychological fiction. |
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