Extended Foundation series · #4

Forward the Foundation

Isaac Asimov

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For more than forty years, Isaac Asimov thrilled millions of readers with his bestselling Foundation series, a spellbinding tale of the future that spans thousands of years and dozens of worlds. Completed just weeks before his death in April 1992, Forward the Foundation is the seventh and concluding volume of this masterwork, which was awarded a Hugo for the 'Best All-Time Science Fiction Series'.

In the earlier Foundation novels, Hari Seldon, the guiding genius of the Foundation, was a figure of history. By going back to the great mathmatician's life, in Forward the Foundation, Asimov fills in the remaining gaps in his epic story. Asimov acknowledged that he always regarded Seldon as his alter ego, and this novel is all the more poignant for the fact that he himself died only weeks after writing about Seldon's death.

A resounding tour de force, Forward the Foundation offers the dramatic climax to the Foundation series, and perhaps the greatest moment in science fiction to date.

Published
1993
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Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov’s name is synonymous with the future—a future shaped by boundless imagination, scientific inquiry, and an unwavering belief in human progress. With a prolific career spanning across science fiction, popular science, and beyond, Asimov not only anticipated technological advancements but also explored the philosophical and ethical questions that would arise from them. His writing, characterized by its clarity, precision, and expansive ideas, set the stage for generations of readers to dream about the potential of science and humanity. Born in 1920 in Petrovichi, Russia, Asimov’s journey to becoming one of the most influential…