the organization Eternity
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The organization Eternity is a powerful future-based temporal agency in Isaac Asimov’s science fiction that oversees and manipulates time to shape human history.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eternity | 0 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional organization
ⓘ
temporal agency ⓘ time travel organization ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | The End of Eternity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| consequenceOfActions |
prevention of space travel expansion
ⓘ
suppression of technological progress ⓘ |
| controls |
temporal reality
ⓘ
time lines ⓘ |
| createdBy | Isaac Asimov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employs | Eternals NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethicalStance | utilitarian manipulation of history ⓘ |
| excludesFromReach |
far future beyond Eternity’s end
ⓘ
prehistory ⓘ |
| foundedInFictionalTime | far future of humanity ⓘ |
| goal | shaping human history ⓘ |
| governs | reality changes ⓘ |
| governsPeriod | post-24th century ⓘ |
| hasConcept |
Allwhen
ⓘ
Kettle ⓘ Minimum Necessary Change ⓘ Reality Change ⓘ |
| hasFictionalUniverse | Isaac Asimov universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInternalDivision |
Computing Department
NERFINISHED
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Maintenance Department NERFINISHED ⓘ Observation Department NERFINISHED ⓘ Sections by Century ⓘ |
| hasMemberRole |
Computer
ⓘ
Eternal ⓘ Observer ⓘ Technician ⓘ |
| hasNotableMember |
Andrew Harlan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Brinsley Sheridan Cooper NERFINISHED ⓘ Laban Twissell NERFINISHED ⓘ Noys Lambent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Eternity (outside normal time) ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
critiques centralized control over history
ⓘ
explores paradoxes of time travel ⓘ |
| operatesAcross | Allwhen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatesIn | future ⓘ |
| primaryActivity |
alteration of human history
ⓘ
manipulation of time ⓘ |
| reasonForDestruction | to allow development of Galactic Empire ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Foundation series (indirectly, via future history continuity) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structureType | bureaucratic organization ⓘ |
| ultimateFate | destruction of Eternity ⓘ |
| usesTechnology | time travel ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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