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Isaac Asimov · 1951
A science fiction epic spanning a thousand-year interregnum between two Galactic Empires, centered on psychohistory and the strategic establishment of Foundations to guide civilization's future. Asimov's reflective introduction traces the series' genesis from a 1941 meeting with editor John Campbell through its evolution from magazine serials to celebrated trilogy.
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What this book knows
History obeys statistical laws, not heroes — civilizations can be guided but not stopped by individual will.
mind-and-cognition
Without disrespect, I must claim a far better knowledge of it — the Empire that has stood for twelve thousand years.
FT-RC-030Hari Seldon foresaw the decline of Imperial power and the eventual barbarization of the entire Galaxy.
FT-RC-164ambition-and-status
Trade without priests! Trade alone! It is strong enough. Let us become very simple and specific.
FT-RC-153The Empire can replace nothing. They've calculated everything in planets, in stellar systems, in whole sectors of the Galaxy.
FT-RC-154obedience-and-authority
Brodrig — the faithful favorite, who had to be faithful, since unless he owned the fastest speed-ship in the Galaxy it would be the radiation-chamber.
FT-RC-174Give orders as though you were born to do so, and they'll obey out of habit. That's the essence of a coup.
FT-RC-056Illuminates
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