Foundation and Empire

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literary work novel science fiction novel

Foundation and Empire is a classic science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov that continues the story of his Foundation series, depicting the struggle of a declining Galactic Empire against the rising Foundation and the mysterious figure known as the Mule.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work ⓘ
novel ⓘ
science fiction novel ⓘ
author Isaac Asimov ⓘ
awardedRecognition retrospective acclaim as classic of science fiction ⓘ
basedOn previously published short stories ⓘ
centralConflict Galactic Empire series ⓘ
surface form: Foundation versus Galactic Empire

Foundation versus the Mule ⓘ
centralTheme decline of empire ⓘ
psychohistory ⓘ
unpredictability of human factors ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
coverArtist Edd Cartier ⓘ
depicts Foundation ⓘ
Galactic Empire series ⓘ
surface form: Galactic Empire
exploresConcept limits of psychohistory ⓘ
featuresCharacter Bayta Darell ⓘ
Ebling Mis ⓘ
Hari Seldon ⓘ
The Mule ⓘ
Toran Darell ⓘ
followedBy Second Foundation ⓘ
follows Foundation ⓘ
genre science fiction ⓘ
hasInfluenced later space opera works ⓘ
modern science fiction literature ⓘ
hasPart The General ⓘ
The Mule ⓘ
includedIn Foundation Trilogy ⓘ
introducesCharacter The Mule ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
narrativeStructure two-part novel ⓘ
originalLanguageTitle Foundation and Empire self-link ⓘ
originalPublicationFormat fix-up novel ⓘ
partOfSeries Foundation ⓘ
surface form: Foundation series
publicationYear 1952 ⓘ
publisher Gnome Press ⓘ
seriesNumber 2 ⓘ
setIn Milky Way ⓘ
surface form: Milky Way Galaxy
setInFictionalUniverse Foundation universe ⓘ
subgenre space opera ⓘ
subjectMatter historical cycles ⓘ
individual versus determinism ⓘ
political power ⓘ
timePeriodInFiction far future ⓘ

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psychohistory → appearsIn → Foundation and Empire ⓘ
Second Foundation → follows → Foundation and Empire ⓘ
Foundation → hasSequel → Foundation and Empire ⓘ
Isaac Asimov → notableWork → Foundation and Empire ⓘ
Foundation and Empire → originalLanguageTitle → Foundation and Empire self-link ⓘ
Second Foundation → prequel → Foundation and Empire ⓘ
Second Foundation → relatedWork → Foundation and Empire ⓘ