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	Foundation@Everything2.com
		Foundation was the third novel from science fiction pioneer Isaac Asimov, and was largely collected from previously published stories from the early fourties.
		Foundation charts the future history of an initially scientific foundation, catalyzed by Hari Seldon, the creator of the prescient hybrid of psychology and mathematics known as psychohistory.
		The prisoner is held for trying to spread the religion of the Foundation to the planet, which finds all of this Foundation mumbo-jumbo blasphemous and impure based on their own religion of ancestor worship.
	everything2.com /index.pl?node=Foundation (1903 words)

	The Foundation Series - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		For example, the Foundation slides gradually into oligarchy and dictatorship prior to the appearance of the Mule, but, for the most part, the book treats that change as being necessary in Hari Seldon's plan, rather than mulling over whether it is on the whole positive or negative.
		George Lucas used elements of the Foundation series to construct the universe in which Star Wars is set, including propulsion by hyper-drive, lightsabers (evolved from force field penknives), and the Galactic Empire (although Lucas' Empire was by definition evil, while Seldon openly says that in principle the First Empire is not evil).
		This speculation, however, fails to account for the fact that the term Al-Qaida, Arabic for "The Foundation", was first used by the United States to describe followers of Osama bin Laden and is not used by that group to refer to itself.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Foundation_Series (2498 words)

	The Foundation Series - Kaedrin's Guide to Isaac Asimov
		Foundation: The first in the original trilogy, it is actually a collection of 4 short stories originally written between 1942 and 1944, with an introductory section from 1949.
		Foundation and Empire: The second in the original trilogy, it is made up of 2 stories originally published in 1945.
		Foundation's Edge: The fifth foundation novel moves ahead and begins to question the efficiency of the Foundation.
	kaedrin.com /fun/asimov/afound.html (405 words)

	Isaac Asimov's Foundation Series
		In 'Foundation', the early golden days of the Foundation are told, of how the society managed to gain survival and ultimately pre-eminence in it's local sector, not through violence, but through cunning.
		Second Foundation possibly wins the 'Greatest number of end-plot twists' award, during the phase in which the Foundation is searching for the Second Foundation.
		Prelude to Foundation is set before the first Foundation book, and features the exploits of Hari Seldon, as he is chased across the capital of the Galactic Empire, Trantor, by nasty individuals who want him for his theory of psychohistory.
	www.vavatch.co.uk /books/asimov (1360 words)

	MFO: Asimov (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		so i went to the next book which is 'prelude to foundation.' and then 'foundation.' and this is where i'm at now.
		Later, he wrote two prequels to the Foundation series: Prelude to Foundation and Forward the foundation.
		They are set slightly before the events in Foundation, but are meant to be read after all the others, not before.
	www.mrfixitonline.com /readTopic.asp?PostingId=1310583 (512 words)

	Amazon.ca: Foundation and Empire: Books: Isaac Asimov (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The second installment in the mighty Foundation series deals with Seldon and the unpredicted spanner in the works, The Mule, a mutant whose strange abilities cloud the computed future events in the decline and fall of the Empire.
		The first volume, "Foundation", sets up the whole idea of the Seldon Plan, a mathematically based view of sociopolitical forces that enables one brilliant scientist to grow a new galactic empire from a foundation of one hundred thousand scientists and their families.
		While the Foundation is threatened with civil war, the rise of a new warlord on Kalgan poses a danger to the entire human race.
	www.amazon.ca /Foundation-Empire-Isaac-Asimov/dp/0380007746 (1746 words)

	Isaac Asimov's Foundation Series
		In 'Foundation', the early golden days of the Foundation are told, of how the society managed to gain survival and ultimately pre-eminence in it's local sector, not through violence, but through cunning.
		Second Foundation possibly wins the 'Greatest number of end-plot twists' award, during the phase in which the Foundation is searching for the Second Foundation.
		Prelude to Foundation is set before the first Foundation book, and features the exploits of Hari Seldon, as he is chased across the capital of the Galactic Empire, Trantor, by nasty individuals who want him for his theory of psychohistory.
	vavatch.co.uk /books/asimov (1360 words)

	Foundation Series Listing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Asimov considers that there are 15 works in the Foundation series, 14 numbered in the Author's note to 'Prelude to Foundation', plus 'Forward the Foundation', which he would no doubt have numbered at number ten.
		The "second Foundation trilogy", written after the death of Asimov, but with the blessing of the estate, by Gregory Benford, Greg Bear and David Brin, should certainly be included into the series.
		Although written after 'Prelude to Foundation', he could have mentioned in the Author's note that it was supposed to be part of the series.
	users.skynet.be /hermandw/sf/foundser.html (874 words)

	Strietzi's Reading Metadata (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Foundation Trilogy is composed of Foundation, Foundation and Empire, and Second Foundation.
		Foundation and Chaos begins between Parts IV and V of Forward the Foundation and ends before Book 1 of Foundation.
		Foundation's Triumph fits between Books 1 and 2 of Foundation.) "Balance" and "Plato's Cave" feature Dr. Susan Calvin of the Robot era, "Pappi" is set with Stephen Byerley, thus very near the end of I, Robot time, and "The Fourth Law of Robotics" is set not long after Calvin's death.
	home.att.net /~Strietzi/reading_stuff/asimov.html (284 words)

	Foundation : massively multiplayer game - the cycle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		That aside, the Foundation series is important for science-fiction and has had a profound influence upon the works of the later, more contemporary, sci-fi writers.
		Foundation marks the first of a series of tales set so far in the future that Earth is all but forgotten by humans who live throughout the galaxy.
		The scientists of the First Foundation had proved victorious; and now they return to Hari Seldon's long-established plan to build a new Empire that the Second Foundation is not destroyed after all-and that its still-defiant survivors are preparing their revenge.
	www.foundationgame.com /cycle.html (1364 words)

	Asimov's Foundation Novels - What order? \| Ask MetaFilter
		Actually it was the first Foundation book I read, and there's enough backstory in it that maybe you don't even need to read the rest original three.
		It's basically Foundation with the serial numbers filed off (due to the fact that Asimov's heirs wouldn't let him play in the official universe) and some additions.
		Forward the Foundation isn't a very good book in its own right, but if you know something about Asimov's life and the circumstances under which he finished up the book (it was his last work of fiction, and was published posthumously), it's one of the saddest reading experiences you'll ever have.
	ask.metafilter.com /mefi/25193 (1115 words)

	Amazon.com: Prelude to Foundation (Foundation Novels): Books: Isaac Asimov (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Prelude to Foundation is chronologically the first novel in Asimov's Foundation series.
		Since Prelude was written many years after the original Foundation trilogy, Asimov chose to tie in a few plot elements from the four-book Robot series and the old Empire trilogy.
		Prelude describes "The Flight" period of Seldon's life during which he was hiding from the Emperor Cleon I to prevent psychohistory from falling into the wrong hands (or so he thinks).
	www.amazon.com /Prelude-Foundation-Novels-Isaac-Asimov/dp/0553278398 (1825 words)

	The Foundation Series: Book Review
		One of his most widely read chronicles is known as the "Foundation Series." It consists of six books (in story order): Prelude to Foundation, Forward the Foundation, Foundation, Foundation and Empire, Second Foundation, Foundation's Edge, and Foundation and Earth.
		There is a "Second" Foundation "at the other end of the galaxy" that continues the development of psychohistory.
		Its existence is kept secret from the (first) Foundation for fear that the egos of the Foundation leaders would be jealous of any rivals.
	www.humanistsofutah.org /1996/artaug96.htm (567 words)

	fUSION Anomaly. Foundation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Terminus ("the Foundation") and meet the first efforts of the encyclopedists to survive their bellicose neighbours, who have separated from the Empire.
		Foundation and Earth (1986) is a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov, the fifth novel of the Foundation Series and chronogically the last in the series.
		In Forward the Foundation, Isaac Asimov continues the chronicles of the life of Hari Seldon (begun in Prelude to Foundation), the man who laid the framework for the grandest project humanity has ever attempted.
	fusionanomaly.net /foundation.html (3027 words)

	Alan Chick's pages: Isaac Asimov's 'Foundation' series
		This plan involves the establishment of a colony on the planet Terminus (the Foundation), on the edge of the Galaxy, to preserve technological knowledge, and to be the seed of the eventual Second Galactic Empire.
		When Korell declares war against the Foundation, Mallow (having by now won the seat of mayor on the council) withdraws trade, and seems to be relying on economic forces to protect the Foundation.
		Foundation Councilman Golan Trevize has concluded that the Second Foundation must still exist, as the Seldon Plan is too precisely on track.
	members.ozemail.com.au /~callan/foundatn.html (1792 words)

	Review of Foundation
		The Foundation novels of Isaac Asimov are among the most famous books in all of science fiction.
		Foundation is usually referred to as a novel, but, of course, it is none such.
		It is a collection of five stories: four were originally written from 1941 through 1944 and published in John Campbell’s Astounding as "Foundation", "Bridle and Saddle", "The Big and the Little", and "The Wedge".
	homepage.mac.com /jhjenkins/Asimov/Books/Book004.html (458 words)

	Prelude Records @ Disco-Disco.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The first Prelude 12" single I know by matrix is the 1977, PRL D 150, release with Broadway - "X-15" on the A side and Silk - "Party" on the flip...
		Prelude is one of my absolute favorite Disco labels, with all the acts like Musique, Martin Circus, Saturday Night Band, Inner Life, D-Train and others...
		Prelude won by bidding $17,500 for the rights to the single.
	www.disco-disco.com /labels/prelude.html (3785 words)

	Links to Other Free Software Sites - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)
		The Free Protocols Foundation (FPF) is an independent public forum, dedicated to the support of patent-free protocols.
		EFF, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, is a non-profit, non-partisan organization working in the public interest to protect fundamental civil liberties, including privacy and freedom of expression, in the arena of computers and the Internet.
		EPIC is a public interest research center in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1994 to focus public attention on emerging civil liberties issues and to protect privacy, the First Amendment, and constitutional values.
	www.gnu.org /links/links.html (1356 words)

	The "Prequels"
		The prequel books, Prelude to Foundation and Forward the Foundation, though written last in the foundaion series are, chronologically speaking, the first books of the series.
		Forward the foundation, the second of the prequel books, was the last book that would be published by Isaac Asimov.
		These stories tell of how Hari Seldon came to develop the science of psychohistory (Prelude to Foundation) and his ultimate implementation of "The Seldon Plan", the guidance of the civilized galaxy through 1000 years of barbarism and downfall (Forward the Foundation).
	www2.uwindsor.ca /~marar/prequel.html (200 words)

	Books : Prelude to Foundation (Foundation Novels (Paperback)) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		In the Foundation books written previously, Seldon was a legendary figure revered by the people who owed him their existence.
		I read much of his work, including the original Foundation trilogy, when I was in high school and have recently begun to reread it.
		"Prelude to Foundation" was one that I had missed.
	www.3dstudiomax.net /ItemId/0553278398 (495 words)

	Review of Prelude to Foundation
		After the completion of Foundation and Earth, Asimov was at loggerheads as to how to proceed.
		Prelude to Foundation is the story of Hari Seldon’s arrival on Trantor.
		(As with Foundation and Earth, the main plot of the story has our heroes encountering culture after culture as they progress along their quest.) Although this is a "page-turner", it seems less compelling than most Asimov novels and less memorable.
	homepage.mac.com /jhjenkins/Asimov/Books/Book379.html (247 words)

	International Polar Foundation - - Arctic, Antarctic, Climate change, Sciences, Education
		The IPF website is presenting you the International Polar Foundation through its objectives, structure, projects and realisations.
		Three other complementary websites focusing on various aspects of the IPF activities are available: SciencePoles is dedicated to Polar Sciences, EducaPoles is providing the educative materials of the IPF, ExploraPoles is focused on key polar expeditions and adventuring.
		As a prelude to the International Polar Year, from the end of...
	www.polarfoundation.org (246 words)

	Books : Forward the Foundation (Foundation Novels (Paperback)) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		FORWARD THE FOUNDATION is a biography of Hari Seldon, filling in the areas of his life not previously covered in PRELUDE TO FOUNDATION.
		This story is the continuation of Prelude and it fills the gap between Prelude and Foundation.
		Forward the Foundation is the second book in the Foundation series, but the last book to be written by Asimov.
	www.3dstudiomax.net /0553565079/Forward_the_Foundation_Foundation_Novels_Paperback.shtml (481 words)

	"Forward the Foundation" Review
		IT IS POSSIBLE that the late Isaac Asimov knew when he was writing "Forward the Foundation" that it would be his last novel.
		One of those recent novels was "Prelude to Foundation," in which the founder of "psychohistory," Hari Seldon (whose semi-mystical presence through a series of recordings played long after his death permeates the original "Foundation" stories), is presented as a young man embroiled in thrilling adventures.
		The four novelettes each tell an interesting story that is a key to how the Foundation - or, more properly, Foundations, for there are two of them - came to be.
	www.geocities.com /Area51/Zone/9923/asimov.html (1032 words)

	Foundation's Fear (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		You'd think then that the same logic would apply to HarperPrism's decision to publish a "second Foundation trilogy" continuing what is arguably the best series of science fiction novels ever (it won a Hugo saying so in 1966), the "Foundation" series by the late Isaac Asimov.
		They have hired "The Killer B's": Greg Benford, Greg Bear, and David Brin, to write what is being called "The Second Foundation Trilogy" (even though books by Asimov with "Foundation" in the title total seven, and there are more if you count the latter "Robot" novels).
		FOUNDATION'S FEAR takes place after PRELUDE TO FOUNDATION and centers on scientist Hari Seldon's years developing Psychohistory, the science which will eventually allow him to predict the future.
	smi-web.stanford.edu /people/kxl/Foundation.html (702 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Isaac Asimov - Prelude to Foundation at Epinions.com
		Prelude to Foundation was written after, but in terms of the Foundation series’ own chronology set before the rest of the series.
		There are plenty of action set pieces and psychological battles in Prelude to Foundation, but while it’s always good, it fails to reach the heights of excellence.
		Prequels are always tricky beasts and this is no exception – another problem is that, unlike any of the other books in the Foundation series, it remains on a single planet – somehow that just feels slightly claustrophobic after you’ve read the other books.
	www.epinions.com /content_217041505924 (513 words)

	Powell's Books - Prelude to Foundation (Foundation Novels) by Isaac Asimov
		Foundation and Empire (Foundation Novels) by Isaac Asimov
		Foundation's Edge: The Foundation Novels (Foundation Novels) by Isaac Asimov
		It is the year 12,020 G.E. and Emperor Cleon I sits uneasily on the Imperial throne of Trantor.
	www.powells.com /cgi-bin/biblio?isbn=0553278398 (192 words)

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