Foundation (1942 short story)
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"Foundation" is a 1942 science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov that introduced the Foundation universe and the concept of a vast galactic empire in decline.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Foundation (1942 short story) canonical | 1 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
science fiction short story
ⓘ
short story ⓘ |
| author | Isaac Asimov ⓘ |
| basedOn | Asimov's interest in the fall of the Roman Empire ⓘ |
| centralCharacter | Hari Seldon ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
mathematical sociology
ⓘ
prediction of the future using statistics ⓘ |
| chronologyWithinSeries | first story in Foundation sequence ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| depicts | Galactic Empire ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn |
Astounding Science Fiction
ⓘ
surface form:
Astounding Science-Fiction
|
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasFictionalEmpire |
Galactic Empire series
ⓘ
surface form:
Galactic Empire (Asimov)
|
| hasFictionalOrganization | Foundation ⓘ |
| hasFictionalPlanet | Trantor ⓘ |
| hasFictionalScience | psychohistory ⓘ |
| hasMainLocation |
Trantor
ⓘ
surface form:
Trantor, capital of the Galactic Empire
|
| hasProtagonistRole | Hari Seldon as psychohistorian ⓘ |
| inCollection | various Foundation story collections ⓘ |
| influenced | later Foundation stories ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Edward Gibbon's The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
|
| introducedConcept |
Foundation
ⓘ
Galactic Empire in decline ⓘ psychohistory ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| laterIncludedIn |
Foundation (1951 novel)
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surface form:
Foundation (1951 fix-up novel)
|
| medium | magazine ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | sets up the Seldon Plan ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | origin story of the Foundation ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Foundation ⓘ |
| partOf | original Foundation trilogy ⓘ |
| partOfCycle | future history of the Foundation universe ⓘ |
| periodicalEditor | John W. Campbell Jr. ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1942 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Street & Smith
ⓘ
surface form:
Street & Smith (magazine publisher of Astounding)
|
| series |
Foundation series (early stories)
ⓘ
surface form:
Foundation series
|
| setting |
Milky Way
ⓘ
surface form:
Milky Way Galaxy
far future ⓘ |
| theme |
decline and fall of empires
ⓘ
determinism vs. free will ⓘ use of science to manage history ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfStory |
Fall of the Galactic Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
last days of the Galactic Empire
|
| universe | Foundation universe ⓘ |
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