Foundation (1)

Hello, been thinking about the followup Ebook, and decided on more sci-fi. Over the decades The Foundation Trilogy has expanded its place in sci-fi history as its creator Isaac Asimov grew in stature when 30 years later he started expanding the Trilogy to what has now become eight books (spin-offs excluding). The BBC broadcast this ' 73 series three times, last time was 6 years ago. The foundation series has drawn in many enthousiasts and captured their imagination, so plenty of word around (check the link at the bottom). Due to the big time leaps the stories havent been filmed yet..though id think it would lend itself very well for a good sci-fi tv series.

Refresh your memory- if you read the books- or get hooked, for the next 8 weeks there's one hourly episode coming up.

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Foundation (novel) was originally a series of eight short stories published in Astounding Magazine between May 1942 and January 1950. According to Asimov the premise was based on ideas set forth in Edward Gibbon's History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire and was invented spontaneously on his way to meet with editor John W. Campbell, with whom he developed the concept.The first four stories were collected, along with a new story taking place before the others, in a single volume published by Gnome Press in 1951 as Foundation (novel). The remainder of the stories were published in pairs as Foundation and Empire (1952) and Second Foundation (1953), resulting in the "Foundation Trilogy", as the series was known for decades.

In 1981, after the series had long been considered the most important work of modern science fiction, Asimov was convinced by his publishers to write a fourth book, which was Foundation's Edge (1982).[2] He followed this with a sequel, Foundation and Earth (1983) and five years later prequels Prelude to Foundation and Forward the Foundation. During the lapse between sequels and prequels Asimov tied in his Foundation series with his various other series, creating a single unified universe of his most known works.

In many ways, the Foundation series is unique as a science fiction novel. The focus of the books is certainly the trends through which a civilization might progress, specifically seeking to analyze how they might progress over time using history as a precedent.The Foundation series, looks at the trends in a wider scope, not necessarily looking at what the societies change into, but how they change and adapt. Furthermore, the concept of psychohistory, which gives the events in the story a sense of rational fatalism, leaves little room for moralization, as events are often treated as inevitable and necessary rather than deviations from the greater good.



Isaac Asimov's The Foundation Trilogy was adapted in eight hour-long episodes by the BBC, first broadcast in 1973, and repeated in 1977 and 2002. Foundation is the first book in Isaac Asimov's Foundation Trilogy (later expanded into The Foundation Series). Foundation is a collection of five short stories, which were first published together as a book by Gnome Press in 1951. Together, they form a single plot. Foundation tells the story of a group of scientists who seek to preserve knowledge as the civilizations around them begin to regress.


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Isaac Asimov - The Foundation Trilogy (73, 60min, 38mb)

Episode One; Psychohistory and Encyclopedia

The opening episode begins on Trantor capital of the Empire, with the meeting of Seldon and Dornick, their trial and exile to Terminus. The action jumps forward fifty years, where the repercussions of recent independence of the Four Kingdoms are felt on Terminus, and are handled by the first Mayor, Salvor Hardin.

AsimovWiki
is the fan-based Foundation Universe reference. This is the fictional universe in which the Robot, Empire and Foundation series by Isaac Asimov are set.

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