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Die Psycho Historiker. Die berühmte Foundation Trilogie
A science-fiction description of a galactic civilization far in the future.
587 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1983
About the author
Isaac Asimov
4,431 books28.8k followersWorks of prolific Russian-American writer Isaac Asimov include popular explanations of scientific principles,
The Foundation Trilogy
(1951-1953), and other volumes of fiction.
Isaac Asimov, a professor of biochemistry, wrote as a highly successful author, best known for his books.
Asimov, professor, generally considered of all time, edited more than five hundred books and ninety thousand letters and postcards. He published in nine of the ten major categories of the Dewey decimal classification but lacked only an entry in the category of philosophy (100).
People widely considered Asimov, a master of the genre alongside Robert Anson Heinlein and Arthur Charles Clarke as the "big three" during his lifetime. He later tied Galactic Empire and the Robot into the same universe as his most famous series to create a unified "future history" for his stories much like those that Heinlein pioneered and Cordwainer Smith and Poul Anderson previously produced. He penned "Nightfall," voted in 1964 as the best short story of all time; many persons still honor this title. He also produced well mysteries, fantasy, and a great quantity of nonfiction. Asimov used Paul French, the pen name, for the Lucky Starr, series of juvenile novels.
Most books of Asimov in a historical way go as far back to a time with possible question or concept at its simplest stage. He often provides and mentions well nationalities, birth, and death dates for persons and etymologies and pronunciation guides for technical terms. Guide to Science, the tripartite set Understanding Physics, and Chronology of Science and Discovery exemplify these books.
Asimov, a long-time member, reluctantly served as vice president of Mensa international and described some members of that organization as "brain-proud and aggressive about their IQs." He took more pleasure as president of the humanist association. The asteroid 5020 Asimov, the magazine Asimov's Science Fiction, an elementary school in Brooklyn in New York, and two different awards honor his name.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_As...
Isaac Asimov, a professor of biochemistry, wrote as a highly successful author, best known for his books.
Asimov, professor, generally considered of all time, edited more than five hundred books and ninety thousand letters and postcards. He published in nine of the ten major categories of the Dewey decimal classification but lacked only an entry in the category of philosophy (100).
People widely considered Asimov, a master of the genre alongside Robert Anson Heinlein and Arthur Charles Clarke as the "big three" during his lifetime. He later tied Galactic Empire and the Robot into the same universe as his most famous series to create a unified "future history" for his stories much like those that Heinlein pioneered and Cordwainer Smith and Poul Anderson previously produced. He penned "Nightfall," voted in 1964 as the best short story of all time; many persons still honor this title. He also produced well mysteries, fantasy, and a great quantity of nonfiction. Asimov used Paul French, the pen name, for the Lucky Starr, series of juvenile novels.
Most books of Asimov in a historical way go as far back to a time with possible question or concept at its simplest stage. He often provides and mentions well nationalities, birth, and death dates for persons and etymologies and pronunciation guides for technical terms. Guide to Science, the tripartite set Understanding Physics, and Chronology of Science and Discovery exemplify these books.
Asimov, a long-time member, reluctantly served as vice president of Mensa international and described some members of that organization as "brain-proud and aggressive about their IQs." He took more pleasure as president of the humanist association. The asteroid 5020 Asimov, the magazine Asimov's Science Fiction, an elementary school in Brooklyn in New York, and two different awards honor his name.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_As...
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August 3, 2026Chapter 1 of “Foundation”.
September 29, 2021
I was told by a friend that this first chapter of Isaac Asimov's Foundation was a quick and easy way to prepare myself for the Apple TV series, Foundation.
It reminded me a bit of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (without any of the absurdity)—a few excerpts from "Encyclopedia Galactica" entries help explain things that happen in each mini-chapter—crossed with Minority Report—a future where predicting the future seems possible.
It's a rather simple story about two mathematicians, one of whom is predicting the fall of the Galactic Empire & the other who is joining him to try to save it. I wasn't really looking forward to the TV show but two different friends enjoyed reading all ten novels in this series, so I figured I might as well give it a shot.
Now this one chapter has made me want to read the entire book...
It reminded me a bit of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (without any of the absurdity)—a few excerpts from "Encyclopedia Galactica" entries help explain things that happen in each mini-chapter—crossed with Minority Report—a future where predicting the future seems possible.
It's a rather simple story about two mathematicians, one of whom is predicting the fall of the Galactic Empire & the other who is joining him to try to save it. I wasn't really looking forward to the TV show but two different friends enjoyed reading all ten novels in this series, so I figured I might as well give it a shot.
Now this one chapter has made me want to read the entire book...
March 15, 2023
I’ll be honest, I got this (poor quality) audio Foundation short to hear how camply William Shatner would perform it.
Happy to say he did it respectfully and made a quite excellent job of it. After 10 minutes I didn’t hear Capt. Kirk and sat back to enjoy the tale.
A tight piece of writing by Asimov, too.
Happy to say he did it respectfully and made a quite excellent job of it. After 10 minutes I didn’t hear Capt. Kirk and sat back to enjoy the tale.
A tight piece of writing by Asimov, too.
December 13, 2025
I enjoyed reading this. Its entertaining.
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