Foundation

Foundation (1951) looks at the crumbling of a galactic empire from the perspective of the planet Terminus, located on the Empire’s outer edge. Terminus is home to the Foundation, a community formed by a mathematician who could predict the future and the Empire’s inevitable demise. As the Empire crumbles, the Foundation gains increasing influence through a mixture of atomic power, religion, and economic savvy.

• Sci-fi fans
• Those who’ve watched the new Foundation television series and are curious about the books
• Anyone who likes a good space opera

Isaac Asimov was a prolific science fiction writer and a professor of biochemistry. His imaginative tales of futuristic worlds and groundbreaking scientific concepts made him an enduring and popular author. Over his long career, he won many awards and wrote hundreds of short stories as well as 40 novels including The Gods Themselves, Nemesis, and I, Robot. Foundation is the first book in Isaac Asimov's seven-part Foundation Series.