![]() Asimov definitively tries – as was the style of the more ‘hard sci-fi’ end of that era to have his science make sense in universe. However…the young Foundation will have to cope with many enemies and will have to survive the death throes of the Empire.įoundation is a wonderful piece of the Golden Age of Science Fiction. As such he creates the Foundation a group of scientific minds dedicated to preserving the spirit of science and civilisation therefore ensuring that the period of anarchy will be a mere 1,000 years and that the Foundation will become the cornerstone of that new empire. Think of it as a excessively complex form of mathematical chess! Seldon has predicted that the fall of the Galactic Empire is now inevitable and there will be a period of 30,000 years of anarchy before the birth of a second empire. In other words to work out the most likely action by any given group and to counteract by forcing those individuals into doing what you want. Using various mathematical calculations combined with some form of psychology, it is scientifically possible to calculate the most likely and most beneficial actions by individuals in large group societies. Seldon has created a new form of scientific study known as psycho-history. The plot is as follows: On the planet Trantor at the centre of a 12,000 year old Galactic Empire there lives a famous mathematician named Hari Seldon. ![]() Four of these five sections were first published in the 1940s under different titles in the seminal science fiction magazine Astounding Science Fiction. The first Foundation novel was originally published in 1951 and contains five connected sections from different points on the overall timeline. When you successfully manage to have your ideas of robotics affect not just the general public and mass blockbusters but actual scientific papers and academic works you will develop a reputation! But what about Foundation itself? My readers will no doubt be aware of Asimov’s reputation as an author. An award the series beat Lord Of The Rings to get! The Hugo Awards stand alongside the Nebula Awards as the two most respected and desirable literary awards in the entire science fiction genre. Foundation as a series has quite the reputation – having earned at one point the Hugo Award for Best All Time Series. ![]() Instead of discussing Doctor Who, Firefly or some other televised science fiction on audio it is the turn of a famous literary classic. Hello to my readers! Once again everyone I will be discussing science fiction but this time of a different ilk. ![]()
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