{"title":"Isaac Asimov","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"foundation-series-isaac-asimov-6-book-collection-paperback","title":"Foundation Series 6 Books Collection Set by Isaac Asimov - Science Fiction - Paperback Edition","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitles in This Set\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nFoundation\u003cbr\u003e\nFoundation and Empire\u003cbr\u003e\nSecond Foundation\u003cbr\u003e\nFoundation's Edge\u003cbr\u003e\nFoundation and Earth\u003cbr\u003e\nPrelude to Foundation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: New\u003cbr\u003e\nFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\nISBN: 9789123654086\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: HarperVoyager\u003cbr\u003e\nAge Range: Adult \/ Young Adult (14+)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOverview\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nStep into one of science fiction's most celebrated sagas with this six-book paperback collection of Isaac Asimov's Foundation series. Spanning the birth of psychohistory to the far-future search for humanity's lost homeworld, this set gathers the original trilogy alongside its sequels and prequel, delivering a complete, immersive journey through a galaxy on the edge of collapse — and the science that might save it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Books\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Foundation series follows mathematician Hari Seldon, whose invention of psychohistory allows him to predict the fall of the Galactic Empire and the thirty-thousand-year dark age that would follow — unless a Foundation of scholars is established to shorten the interregnum. \u003cstrong\u003eFoundation\u003c\/strong\u003e introduces Seldon's plan and the fledgling colony on Terminus. \u003cstrong\u003eFoundation and Empire\u003c\/strong\u003e sees the Foundation tested by the last gasps of Imperial power and the terrifying rise of a mutant conqueror known as the Mule. \u003cstrong\u003eSecond Foundation\u003c\/strong\u003e reveals the hidden order working in the shadows to keep Seldon's plan on course. Written later but set earlier, \u003cstrong\u003ePrelude to Foundation\u003c\/strong\u003e takes readers back to a young Hari Seldon's first steps toward his revolutionary theory, set against the intrigue of a crumbling Empire. \u003cstrong\u003eFoundation's Edge\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eFoundation and Earth\u003c\/strong\u003e push the story into new territory as Golan Trevize hunts for the truth behind Seldon's plan and the long-lost location of Earth itself. Together, these six novels trace an unbroken arc from theory to consequence, offering big ideas, political intrigue, and some of the most influential worldbuilding in the genre's history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComplete narrative arc across six novels, from the founding of psychohistory to its ultimate test\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWritten by Isaac Asimov, one of the \"Big Three\" science fiction authors alongside Heinlein and Clarke\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUniform paperback set — a cohesive, shelf-ready addition to any science fiction collection\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrand new condition, ideal for gifting, classroom use, or personal reading\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA foundational classic that has influenced generations of science fiction writing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nIsaac Asimov (1920–1992) was a prolific American author and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, celebrated for his science fiction and popular science writing. 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