Foundation Trilogy
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The Foundation Trilogy is Isaac Asimov’s seminal science fiction series chronicling the rise and fall of a galactic empire and the use of psychohistory to guide humanity’s future.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Foundation Trilogy canonical | 4 |
| Foundation novels | 1 |
| Foundation series novels | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel trilogy
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science fiction book series ⓘ science fiction novel ⓘ science fiction novel ⓘ science fiction novel ⓘ |
| author |
Isaac Asimov
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Isaac Asimov ⓘ Isaac Asimov ⓘ Isaac Asimov ⓘ |
| awarded |
Hugo Award for Best Series
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surface form:
Special Hugo Award for Best All-Time Series
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| awardYear | 1966 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| exploresIdea |
determinism versus free will
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planned history ⓘ |
| featuresFictionalEmpire | Galactic Empire ⓘ |
| featuresOrganization |
First Foundation
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Second Foundation ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear |
1951
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1951 ⓘ 1952 ⓘ 1953 ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | concept of predictive social science in fiction ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Foundation
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Foundation and Empire ⓘ Second Foundation ⓘ |
| influenced |
later space opera works
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modern science fiction about galactic empires ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
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surface form:
Edward Gibbon's The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
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| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Hari Seldon ⓘ |
| mainConcept | psychohistory ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
preservation of knowledge and civilization
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rise and fall of a galactic empire ⓘ use of psychohistory to predict the future ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | linked short stories and novellas ⓘ |
| notableCharacter |
Ebling Mis
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Hober Mallow ⓘ Salvor Hardin ⓘ The Mule ⓘ |
| originallyPublishedAs | magazine stories in Astounding Science Fiction ⓘ |
| partOf |
Foundation Trilogy
self-linksurface differs
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Foundation Trilogy self-linksurface differs ⓘ Foundation Trilogy self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| publisher | Gnome Press ⓘ |
| setIn |
Milky Way
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surface form:
Milky Way Galaxy
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| setInTimePeriod | far future ⓘ |
| subgenre |
future history
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space opera ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Foundation
subject surface form:
Foundation and Empire
subject surface form:
Second Foundation
this entity surface form:
Foundation series novels
subject surface form:
Harla Branno
this entity surface form:
Foundation novels