Prelude to Foundation, Isaac Asimov
Prelude to Foundation, Isaac Asimov
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Prelude to Foundation

Author: Isaac Asimov

Narrator: Scott Brick

Unabridged: 14 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/11/2011

Synopsis

The first of two prequel novels in Isaac Asimov’s classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation series

THE EPIC SAGA THAT INSPIRED THE APPLE TV+ SERIES FOUNDATION

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 known forever after as the Foundation.

About The Author

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 over 470 books on subjects ranging from science to Shakespeare to histroy, though he was most loved for his award-winning science fiction sagas, whcih include the Robot, Empire, and Foundation series. Named a Grand Master of Science Fiction by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Asimov entertained and educated readers of all ages for close to five decades. He died, at the age of seventy-two, in April 1992.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mario the lone bookwolf on February 05, 2022

As great as the original Foundation series with an extra portion of wit and humor, thereby more focused on society, characters, and human behavior than on psychohistory and big meta worldbuilding as in the original trilogy. Heroes journey throughout innuendos and satirical deconstruction of universit......more

Goodreads review by Baba on February 20, 2022

Chronologically the first book in the Foundation (post Robot era Galactic Empire series), yet only published in 1988, four years prior to his death, yet the then 68 year old Isaac Asimov is still creating and expanding his Empire reality! In this book we get to meet Hari Seldon when he first propose......more

Goodreads review by Peter on June 18, 2007

Unless you're just a die-hard Foundation fan and have to read them all, "Prelude to Foundation" can safely be skipped. In particular, I'm not sure that I would recommend reading it prior to the other Foundation novels despite the fact that it's a prequel. It's not spoiling anything to briefly explain......more

Goodreads review by mark on June 25, 2021

Asimov's later Foundation novels appear to be about double the size of any of the novels in the original series, but that's neither here nor there because apparently size matters these days. Or at least in the 80s? No, now too. Anyway, this isn't going to be much of a review because I don't have muc......more

Goodreads review by Jamie on June 22, 2021

A word of warning: Those new to the Foundation series should *not* start their journey here. It would be infinitely preferable to read these in publication order! For a huge fan of the original trilogy this was a bit of a disappointing snoozefest. The story is terribly bloated and suffers from glacia......more

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