Gaia (fictional planet)

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Gaia is a sentient, group-conscious planet in Isaac Asimov’s science fiction universe, most prominently featured in the novel "Foundation and Earth."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf collective consciousness
fictional planet
location in the Foundation universe
sentient planet
alternativeTo Seldon Plan
appearsIn Foundation and Earth
Foundation's Edge
communicatesWith Bliss
Golan Trevize
Janov Pelorat
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
createdBy Isaac Asimov
definingFeature all entities share a single group mind
individuals retain limited individuality within group consciousness
ethicalOrientation utilitarian concern for Galactic welfare
firstAppearanceYear 1982
firstAppearedIn Foundation's Edge
genre science fiction
goal extend group consciousness to entire Galaxy
governedBy collective decision-making
hasAbility coordinate actions of all living and non-living components
influence emotions of visitors
read minds of visitors
hasInhabitants animals
humans
inanimate objects as conscious participants
plants
hasNarrativeRole forces protagonist to choose among futures for the Galaxy
hasProperty empathic awareness
goal-directed intelligence
group-conscious
planet-wide mind
telepathically linked biosphere
hasRepresentative Bliss
influencesDecisionOf Golan Trevize
languageOfWork English
locatedIn Sayshell sector
opposedTo Second Foundation's plan for the Seldon Plan
orbits Gaian star (fictional)
partOf Foundation series (early stories)
surface form: Foundation series

Asimov universe
surface form: Robot–Empire–Foundation shared universe
proposesCreationOf Galaxia
surface form: Galaxia (fictional group mind)
relatedConcept collective intelligence
hive mind
planetary consciousness
setIn far future Milky Way Galaxy
subgenre philosophical science fiction
space opera

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Foundation and Earth hasSetting Gaia (fictional planet)
Nightfall setting Gaia (fictional planet)
this entity surface form: planet Lagash
Foundation's Edge featuresConcept Gaia (fictional planet)
this entity surface form: Gaia (superorganism planet)
The Mule homeworld Gaia (fictional planet)
this entity surface form: Gaia sector (approximate, in-universe unspecified origin world)