Prelude to Foundation - Isaac Asimov Reviews

Prelude To Foundation. ============= This book is a real Sci-Fi enthusiasts dream, it deal with way out there fiction topics. This is the first book in what eventually turned out to be a six book foundation saga. The theme to fun throughout the book deals with physcohistory which is the prediction of the future by calculating how ...  Read the complete review

Prelude To Foundation. Author - Isaac Asimov., Synopsis - This book was written in 1988 and was the last Foundation book yet to be written. As with Star Wars not all 6 Foundation novels where written chronologically. It, as the name suggests, should be considered the 1st Foundation book. At 460 pages long, here are ...  Read the complete review

Prelude to Foundation was written after, but in terms of the Foundation series’ own chronology set before the rest of the series. Set on the world of Trantor, the centre of the Galactic Empire, it follows the progress of mathematician Hari Seldon, as he tries to develop his fledgling theory of Psychohistory. Psychohistory is the ...  Read the complete review

Ironically, Prelude to foundation was one of the last foundation novels written by Isaac Asimov. In his preface to this , he mentions his intention to write many more, and his intention to 'hang on as long as possible'. Sadly Asimov died in 1992, 4 years after publishing this. Chronologically this novel predates all other ...  Read the complete review