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The Foundation series is a science fiction book series written by American author Isaac Asimov.First published as a series of short stories and novellas from 1942 to 1950, and subsequently in three collections, for nearly thirty years the series was a trilogy: Foundation (1951); Foundation and Empire (1952); and Second Foundation (1953).
Foundation is a science fiction novel by American writer Isaac Asimov. It is the first book in the Foundation Trilogy (which later expanded into the Foundation series ). Foundation is a cycle of five interrelated short stories, first published as a single book by Gnome Press in 1951.
The Foundation series is a science fiction book series written by American author Isaac Asimov.First published as a series of short stories and novellas in 1942–50, and subsequently in three books in 1951–53, for nearly thirty years the series was widely known as The Foundation Trilogy: Foundation (1951), Foundation and Empire (1952), and Second Foundation (1953).
Characters of Isaac Asimov's Robot, ... Pages in category "Foundation universe characters" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
The Mule is a powerful mentalic and conqueror who uses his psychic abilities to manipulate people's emotions and bring planet after planet under his control. [2] [3] He is a random element not foreseen by psychohistory, a science developed by Hari Seldon which uses sophisticated mathematics and statistical analysis to predict future trends on a galactic scale. [3]
Based on an independent timeline, Daneel was 19,230 years old during the events of Foundation and Earth. Daneel is the longest-living Asimov character, as well as the longest living humanoid robot in that universe (being the first humanoid robot created). He is theoretically immortal, because he is a robot.
Foundation's Friends, Stories in Honor of Isaac Asimov is a 1989 anthology of short stories set in the timeline of the greater Foundation series. It was edited by Martin H. Greenberg, with contributing authors including Ray Bradbury, Robert Silverberg, Frederik Pohl, Poul Anderson, Harry Turtledove, and Orson Scott Card. 2001
Salvor Hardin is a fictional character in the Foundation series by Isaac Asimov. Introduced in the 1942 short story "Foundation", he is the first mayor of Terminus, the home planet of the Foundation. He defuses a potential political crisis with four nearby barbarian planets, while also securing their dependence on the Foundation.