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Foundation

Isaac-Asimov

In a dying Galactic Empire, only Hari Seldon can see the dark age ahead. To preserve knowledge and humanity, he gathers the best minds on a bleak planet to create the Foundation. But they are soon at the mercy of corrupt warlords, facing an agonizing choice between submission or destruction.
Publish Date
2004-06-01T00:00:00.000Z
2004-06-01T00:00:00.000Z
first published in 1951
Goodreads Rating
4.17
ISBN
9780553293357
Recommendations
9
Recommendations
2020-02-20T00:51:55.000Z
Worth reading Asimov’s Foundation      source
2022-08-12T23:36:47.000Z
I wish I could get as excited about anything I read now as I used to get about science fiction novels when I was 15. Books like The Moon is Harsh Mistress and Foundation used to take over my brain completely. It was like living in the future.      source
2017-05-02T17:47:33.000Z
I loved reading it as a kid.      source
2020-08-02T13:58:36.000Z
@kerooke Ready Player One, Snow Crash, Foundation      source
2018-12-15T19:46:42.000Z
sci fi reading list done. what should i read next? in the last few months, read and liked: - Walkaway, @doctorow - Madd Adam trilogy, @MargaretAtwood - Stone Sky trilogy, @nkjemisin + re-read Dune and first Foundation book would love recommendations for sci fi - new and old!      source
2020-02-20T00:53:44.000Z
@elonmusk My #1 book recommendation.      source
Selected Books for the Manual for Civilization      source
2020-03-01T23:16:22.000Z
“It is the chief characteristic of the religion of science that it works.” -Isaac Asimov (Foundation) What a great book! Worth a re-read!      source
Life-changing for me as a kid, and have still read it multiple times throughout my life.      source