Second Foundation

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novel science fiction novel

Second Foundation is a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov that concludes his original Foundation trilogy, focusing on a secretive group of mentalics guiding the fate of the Galactic Empire.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
First Speaker of the Second Foundation	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	novel ⓘ science fiction novel ⓘ
author	Isaac Asimov ⓘ
centralConflict	search for the hidden Second Foundation ⓘ struggle between the Mule and the Second Foundation ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
featuresConcept	mentalics ⓘ mind control ⓘ telepathy ⓘ
firstEditionFormat	hardcover ⓘ
focusesOn	Second Foundation organization ⓘ
follows	Foundation and Empire ⓘ
genre	future history ⓘ science fiction ⓘ space opera ⓘ
hasCoverArtist	Ric Binkley ⓘ
hasGoodreadsWorkId	29579 ⓘ
hasISBN	978-0-575-04800-6 ⓘ
hasPart	Search by the Foundation ⓘ Search by the Mule ⓘ
influencedGenre	later space opera works ⓘ
involvesPlan	Seldon Plan ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainTheme	fate versus free will ⓘ manipulation of history ⓘ psychohistory ⓘ
majorCharacter	Arkady Darell ⓘ Second Foundation self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: First Speaker of the Second Foundation The Mule ⓘ surface form: the Mule
majorOrganization	Second Foundation self-link ⓘ
mediaType	print ⓘ
narrativeStructure	two-part novel ⓘ
notableFor	conclusion of the original Foundation trilogy ⓘ exploration of secretive guiding elite ⓘ
originalPublicationYear	1953 ⓘ
partOfSeries	Foundation ⓘ surface form: Foundation series
positionInSeries	third book in the original Foundation trilogy ⓘ
prequel	Foundation and Empire ⓘ
publisher	Gnome Press ⓘ
relatedWork	Foundation ⓘ Foundation and Earth ⓘ Foundation and Empire ⓘ Foundation's Edge ⓘ
setInFictionalUniverse	Foundation universe ⓘ
setting	Galactic Empire series ⓘ surface form: Galactic Empire far future Milky Way Galaxy ⓘ
timePeriodInFiction	interregnum after the fall of the First Galactic Empire ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

psychohistory → appearsIn → Second Foundation ⓘ

psychohistory → associatedWithOrganization → Second Foundation ⓘ

Foundation's Edge → featuresConcept → Second Foundation ⓘ

Foundation and Empire → followedBy → Second Foundation ⓘ

Foundation's Edge → follows → Second Foundation ⓘ

Foundation → hasSequel → Second Foundation ⓘ

Second Foundation → majorCharacter → Second Foundation self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Speaker of the Second Foundation

Second Foundation → majorOrganization → Second Foundation self-link ⓘ

Isaac Asimov → notableWork → Second Foundation ⓘ