Foundation and Empire

by Asimov, Isaac
ISBN: 9780553382587
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The Foundation novels of Isaac Asimov are one of the great masterworks of science fiction. Unsurpassed for their unique blend of nonstop action, daring ideas, and extensive world-building, they chronicle the struggle of a courageous group of men and women to preserve humanity's light against an inexorable tide of darkness and violence.

Led by its founding father, the great psychohistorian Hari Seldon, and taking advantage of its superior science and technology, the Foundation has survived the greed and barbarism of its neighboring warrior-planets. Yet now it must face the Empire--still the mightiest force in the Galaxy even in its death throes. When an ambitious general determined to restore the Empire's glory turns the vast Imperial fleet toward the Foundation, the only hope for the small planet of scholars and scientists lies in the prophecies of Hari Seldon.

But not even Hari Seldon could have predicted the birth of the extraordinary creature called The Mule--a mutant intelligence with a power greater than a dozen battle fleets . . . a power that can turn the strongest-willed human into an obedient slave.

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Asimov, Isaac
  • ISBN: 9780553382587
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 8.20 x 0.60
  • Number Of Pages: 272
  • Publication Year: 2008

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  • Psychohistory Deconstructed

    Matthew K. - 3 years 7 months ago

    Foundation and Empire continues the story of the collapse of a Galactic Empire and the rise of its hopeful successor state, Foundation. In this, the second of the series, Asimov utilizes one of his greatest strengths as an author by taking the concept that dominated the first book - psychohistory, the idea that the broad outcomes of history can be predicted by an analysis of the trends and forces of human behavior - and begins to challenge and deconstruct his own creation. After overcoming its initial challenges, Foundation now faces two main threats, a resurgent Empire with an ambitious general hell-bent on reclaiming its lost subjects, and a mutant whose powers completely circumvent the basic assumptions of psychohistory. Fans of history will see in the former echoes of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian and the troubled relationship with his general, Belisarius while fans of sci-fi will see in the latter a challenge to psychohistory that may just undo the entire Foundation project. Once again, Asimov cements his place as one of Sci-Fi's greatest voices with a work that elevates the genre into something truly great.

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