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Bridle And Saddle
''Foundation'' is a science fiction novel by American writer Isaac Asimov. It is the first book in the ''Foundation Trilogy'' (which later expanded into the ''Foundation'' series). ''Foundation'' is a cycle of five interrelated short stories, first published as a single book by Gnome Press in 1951. Collectively they tell the early story of the Foundation, an institute founded by psychohistorian Hari Seldon to preserve the best of galactic civilization after the collapse of the Galactic Empire. Publication history On August 1, 1941, Isaac Asimov proposed to John W. Campbell of ''Astounding Science Fiction'' that he write a short story set in a slowly declining Galactic Empire, based on the fall of the Western Roman Empire. Campbell liked the idea; by the end of a two-hour meeting, Asimov planned to write a series of stories depicting the fall of the first Galactic Empire and the rise of the second. Asimov wrote seven more stories for Campbell's magazine over eight years, and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov ( ; – April 6, 1992) was an Russian-born American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. During his lifetime, Asimov was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers, along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke. A prolific writer, he wrote or edited more than 500 books. He also wrote an estimated 90,000 letters and postcards. Best known for his hard science fiction, Asimov also wrote mystery fiction, mysteries and fantasy, as well as popular science and other non-fiction. Asimov's most famous work is the ''Foundation (book series), Foundation'' series, the first three books of which won the one-time Hugo Award for "Best All-Time Series" in 1966. His other major series are the ''Galactic Empire series, Galactic Empire'' series and the ''Robot series, Robot'' series. The ''Galactic Empire'' novels are set in the much earlier history of the same fictional universe as the ''Foundation'' series. Later, with ''Foundation an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salvor Hardin
Salvor Hardin is a fictional character in the ''Foundation'' series by Isaac Asimov. Introduced in the 1942 short story " Foundation", he is the first mayor of Terminus, the home planet of the Foundation. He defuses a potential political crisis with four nearby barbarian planets, while also securing their dependence on the Foundation. Hardin takes advantage of this power in " Bridle and Saddle" (1942) when one of the planets, Anacreon, declares war on the Foundation. Hardin is voiced by Lee Montague in the 1973 BBC Radio 4 adaptation '' The Foundation Trilogy''. A gender-swapped and expanded version of the character is portrayed by Leah Harvey in the 2021 Apple TV+ television series adaptation '' Foundation''. Literature Salvor Hardin appears in the short stories " Foundation", published in the May 1942 issue of ''Astounding Science Fiction'', and " Bridle and Saddle", published in the June 1942 issue. They were renamed " The Encyclopedists" and " The Mayors", paired with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Limmar Ponyets
The Foundation (book series), ''Foundation'' series is a science fiction book series written by American author Isaac Asimov. First published as a series of short stories and novellas from 1942 to 1950, and subsequently in three collections, for nearly thirty years the series was a trilogy: ''Foundation (Asimov novel), Foundation'' (1951); ''Foundation and Empire'' (1952); and ''Second Foundation'' (1953). It won the one-time Hugo Award for "Best All-Time Series" in 1966. Asimov later added new volumes, with two sequels, ''Foundation's Edge'' (1982) and ''Foundation and Earth'' (1986), and two prequels, ''Prelude to Foundation'' (1988) and ''Forward the Foundation'' (1993). The premise of the stories is that in the waning days of a still powerful Galactic Empire (Asimov), Galactic Empire, the mathematician Hari Seldon spends his life developing a theory of psychohistory (fictional), psychohistory, a new and effective mathematics of sociology. Using statistical laws of mass action ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sef Sermak
The ''Foundation'' series is a science fiction book series written by American author Isaac Asimov. First published as a series of short stories and novellas from 1942 to 1950, and subsequently in three collections, for nearly thirty years the series was a trilogy: '' Foundation'' (1951); ''Foundation and Empire'' (1952); and ''Second Foundation'' (1953). It won the one-time Hugo Award for "Best All-Time Series" in 1966. Asimov later added new volumes, with two sequels, '' Foundation's Edge'' (1982) and ''Foundation and Earth'' (1986), and two prequels, ''Prelude to Foundation'' (1988) and ''Forward the Foundation'' (1993). The premise of the stories is that in the waning days of a still powerful Galactic Empire, the mathematician Hari Seldon spends his life developing a theory of psychohistory, a new and effective mathematics of sociology. Using statistical laws of mass action, it can predict the future of large populations. Seldon foresees the imminent fall of the Empire, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaal Dornick
Gaal Dornick is a fictional character in the ''Foundation'' series by Isaac Asimov. Introduced in '' Foundation'' (1951), he is a gifted young mathematician from a remote world who becomes embroiled in the conflict surrounding famed mathematician and psychologist Hari Seldon and his predictive science of psychohistory. Dornick is voiced by Geoffrey Beevers in the 1973 BBC Radio 4 adaptation '' The Foundation Trilogy''. A gender-swapped and expanded version of the character is portrayed by Lou Llobell in the 2021 Apple TV+ television series adaptation '' Foundation''. Literature Introduced in '' Foundation'' (1951) in the story "The Psychohistorians", Gaal Dornick is a gifted young mathematician, newly awarded his doctorate, who has been invited to the Imperial capital planet Trantor from his home planet Synnax by famed mathematician and psychologist Hari Seldon. Seldon has developed the science of psychohistory, which uses sophisticated mathematics and statistical analysis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hober Mallow
Hober Mallow is a fictional character in the ''Foundation'' series by Isaac Asimov. In the 1944 novella " The Big and the Little", he is a Master Trader for the Foundation who pioneers the use of commerce to increase the Foundation's power and influence across the galaxy. Mallow is voiced by Julian Glover in the 1973 BBC Radio 4 adaptation '' The Foundation Trilogy''. He is portrayed by Dimitri Leonidas in season two of the 2021 Apple TV+ television series adaptation '' Foundation''. Literature Hober Mallow appears in the novella " The Big and the Little", published in the August 1944 issue of ''Astounding Science Fiction''. It was later retitled " The Merchant Princes", collected with four other stories and published as '' Foundation'' in 1951. Description Mallow is a successful merchant who brokers deals within the Foundation, and also between their territories and non-Foundation worlds. He is a native of Smyrno, one of the four "barbarian" planetary kingdoms of the An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
