by Isaac Asimov · Plaza & Janés · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788401811814
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«Fundación» is the science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov, published by Plaza & Janés in paperback (253 pages, in Spanish).
In a distant future, the galaxy lives under a peaceful Empire ruled from Trantor. Hari Seldon predicts with psychohistory that this Empire will fall and that an era of barbarism will come. To reduce its effects, he establishes two Foundations; this novel tells the story of the first, tasked with preserving knowledge.
First installment of Asimov's «Foundation Trilogy», also called the «Trantor Cycle»; the series received the Hugo Award for Best All-Time Science Fiction Series.
Recommended for readers of classic science fiction and space opera interested in the origin of the «Foundation Saga».
Isaac Asimov was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. During his lifetime, Asimov was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers, along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke. He wrote or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 90,000 letters and postcards. Best known for his hard science fiction, Asimov also wrote mysteries and fantasy, as well as popular science and other non-fiction. His work spans nine out of the ten categories of the Dewey decimal system.
