— Hugo Awards (1966)
In the twilight of a vast Galactic Empire, mathematician Hari Seldon foresees the collapse of civilization and the coming of a thirty-thousand-year dark age. To shorten the inevitable fall, he establishes a remote Foundation tasked with preserving humanity’s knowledge and guiding the rebirth of a new empire. Isaac Asimov’s Foundation is a sweeping, intellectually thrilling exploration of history, power, and the forces that shape societies -blending politics, science, and philosophy into a visionary saga about the long game of human survival.
Date: 1951 (United States)
Length: ~255 pages (varies by edition)
Cultural impact: ~6.000.000 copies (estimates)
Genre: Science Fiction, Politics & Society
"My Book -the one that has stayed with me for four-and-a-half decades- is Isaac Asimov’s Foundation Trilogy… I grew up wanting to be Hari Seldon, using my understanding of the mathematics of human behaviour to save civilisation" — Paul Krugman, Nobel Prize-winning economist
"One of the most important influences in my professional life" — Martin Seligman, psychologist, founder of positive psychology
"Top science fiction writer" — Arthur C. Clarke, one of the “Big Three” alongside Asimov and Heinlein
“[Asimov is] one of my favorite writers. Foundation is tough to make into a movie, but has outstanding potential” — Elon Musk, entrepreneur and CEO
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