Foundation

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novel science fiction novel

Foundation is a landmark science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov that launched his influential series about the rise and fall of a galactic empire and the science of psychohistory.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Foundation series	14
Foundation series (as a bridge work)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	novel ⓘ science fiction novel ⓘ
adaptedAs	television series episodes in Foundation (TV series) ⓘ
author	Isaac Asimov ⓘ
awarded	Hugo Award for Best Series ⓘ surface form: Hugo Award for Best All-Time Series
awardYear	1966 ⓘ
basedOn	Foundation short stories ⓘ
centralConcept	psychohistory ⓘ
centralTheme	rise and fall of a galactic empire ⓘ
containsStory	The Encyclopedists ⓘ The Mayors ⓘ The Merchant Princes ⓘ The Psychohistorians ⓘ The Traders ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
coverArtist	Edd Cartier ⓘ
depicts	Galactic Empire series ⓘ surface form: Galactic Empire
firstPublicationMedium	Astounding Science Fiction ⓘ surface form: Astounding Science Fiction magazine
follows	decline of the Galactic Empire ⓘ
genre	science fiction ⓘ space opera ⓘ
hasPrequel	Forward the Foundation ⓘ Prelude to Foundation ⓘ
hasSequel	Foundation and Empire ⓘ Second Foundation ⓘ
influenced	later space opera works ⓘ science fiction about galactic empires ⓘ
ISBN	978-0-553-80371-0 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainCharacter	Hari Seldon ⓘ Hober Mallow ⓘ Salvor Hardin ⓘ
mediaType	print ⓘ
notableElement	Encyclopaedia Galactica ⓘ surface form: Encyclopedia Galactica project Seldon Plan ⓘ
notableFor	foundational work of the Foundation series ⓘ popularizing the concept of psychohistory ⓘ
originallyPublishedAs	short stories in Astounding Science Fiction ⓘ
originalPublicationYear	1951 ⓘ
pageCount	about 255 pages ⓘ
partOf	Foundation self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Foundation series
protagonistRole	Hari Seldon is the creator of psychohistory ⓘ
publisher	Gnome Press ⓘ
series	Foundation self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Foundation series
setIn	Milky Way ⓘ surface form: Milky Way Galaxy
setInTimePeriod	far future ⓘ
structure	fix-up novel ⓘ
subjectMatter	mathematical sociology ⓘ predictive social science ⓘ