The Foundation Trilogy: Foundation, Foundation and Empire, and Second Foundation
by:
Isaac Asimov (author)
c 1951. 1st ed. Book Club ed. 225 pgs. Book is "Like New" with very little wear. Good binding and cover. No page tears, folds or writing. Very light shelf coloring on page edges. No creases on spine. Dust jacket has some edge wear and tears, but is in good condition.
c 1951. 1st ed. Book Club ed. 225 pgs. Book is "Like New" with very little wear. Good binding and cover. No page tears, folds or writing. Very light shelf coloring on page edges. No creases on spine. Dust jacket has some edge wear and tears, but is in good condition.
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Format: Hardcover
ASIN: B00A4A8IGE
Publish date: 1951
Publisher: Doubleday
Edition language: English
Series: Foundation (Publication Order) (#1)
IntroductionBibliographical NoteSelect BibliographyChronology--Foundation--Foundation and Empire--Second Foundation
An iconic sci-fi trilogy that no sci-fi fans should miss. For anybody who want to get into reading sci-fi novels this trilogy is one of the best starting points.Below are links to my reviews of the individual volumes (I doubt this omnibus edition is still in print):1. Foundation2. Foundation and Emp...
going in I wanted to like this more. An all-time SF Classic, I'd last tried to read it all the way back in the early 80's in the Brooklyn Tech Library and then its being a collection ( a "fix-up") of short stories and not true novels kept me from getting very far.The short story aspect stills drags ...
In 1974 I was twelve years old. I had been reading on my own for close to eight years, and had been reading "grown-up" books--with varying degrees of understanding (oh, how I blushed for my younger self when I reread some of them years later)--since I was ten. At some point my dad--who always relate...
The trilogy of books Foundation, Foundation and Empire and Second Foundation are among the best Asimov ever wrote among his science-fiction novels and among his most influential. I've read it was based on Gibbon's Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire. Only this empire spans the galaxy. Hari Seldon pred...