by Isaac Asimov · Plaza & Janés · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788401496660
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«Preludio a la Fundación» is the science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov, published by Plaza & Janés in paperback (408 pages, in Spanish).
The novel goes back to the origins of the Foundation: in the year 12020 of the Galactic Era, Cleon I is emperor of Trantor, capital of the Empire with forty billion inhabitants. Hari Seldon, a young psychohistorian, arrives in the city and his theory about the future makes him the most wanted man; from his work the Foundation will be born.
It is the first volume of the Foundation Cycle, composed of seven novels by Isaac Asimov, and in the numbering of this edition it appears as book 1 of 7.
For science fiction fans who want to know the origin of the Foundation and the figure of Hari Seldon.
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.
