Foundation and Empire

Foundation and Empire
Isaac Asimov

WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST ALL-TIME SERIESThe Foundation series is Isaac Asimov’s iconic masterpiece. Unfolding against the backdrop of a crumbling Galactic Empire, the story of Hari Seldon’s two Foundations is a lasting testament to an extraordinary imagination, one whose unprecedented scale shaped science fiction as we know it today.The First Foundation survived two centuries of barbarism as the once-mighty Galactic Empire descended into chaos. Now it mist prepare for war against the remnants of the Empire as the Imperial fleet advances on their planet, Terminus.Hari Seldon predicted this war; he even prepared his Foundation for it. But he couldn’t foresee the birth of the mutant Mule. In possession of a power which reduces fearsome opposition to devoted slaves, the Mule poses a terrible threat to Seldon’s Foundation.

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First published in Great Britain by Panther (Granada Publishing) 1962

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Source ISBN: 9780008117504

Ebook Edition © March 2018 ISBN: 9780007381142

Version: 2018-04-18

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To Mary and Henry for patience and endurance

Contents

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Title Page (#uec4aea55-f48c-589c-8f3f-d8cc9ad98b62)

Copyright

Dedication

Prologue

Part I: The General

Chapter 1: Search for Magicians

Chapter 2: The Magicians

Chapter 3: The Dead Hand

Chapter 4: The Emperor

Chapter 5: The War Begins

Chapter 6: The Favourite

Chapter 7: Bribery

Chapter 8: To Trantor

Chapter 9: On Trantor

Chapter 10: The War Ends

Part II: The Mule (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 11: Bride and Groom

Chapter 12: Captain and Mayor

Chapter 13: Lieutenant and Clown

Chapter 14: The Mutant

Chapter 15: The Psychologist

Chapter 16: Conference

Chapter 17: The Visi-Sonor

Chapter 18: Fall of the Foundation

Chapter 19: Start of the Search

Chapter 20: Conspirator

Chapter 21: Interlude in Space