The Foundation Trilogy

The Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov. mass_market edition. ISBN: 9780380508563.

A THOUSAND-YEAR EPIC, A GALACTIC STRUGGLE, A MONUMENTAL WORK IN THE ANNALS OF SCIENCE FICTION FOUNDATION begins a new chapter in the story of mans future. As the Old Empire crumbles into barbarism throughout the million worlds of the galaxy, Hari Seldon and his band of psychologists must create a new entity, the Foundation-dedicated to art, science, and technology-as the beginning of a new empire. FOUNDATION AND EMPIRE describes the mighty struggle for power amid the chaos of the stars in which man stands at the threshold of a new enlightened life which could easily be destroyed by the old forces of barbarism. SECOND FOUNDATION follows the Seldon Plan after the First Empires defeat and describes its greatest threat-a dangerous mutant strain gone wild, which produces a mind capable of bending mens wills, directing their thoughts, reshaping their desires, and destroying the universe.