Foundation

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 that shaped science fiction as we know it today.The Galactic Empire has prospered for twelve thousand years. Nobody suspects that the heart of the thriving Empire is rotten until psychohistorian Hari Seldon uses his new science to foresee its terrible fate.Exiled to the desolate planet Terminus Seldon establishes a colony of the greatest minds in the Empire a Foundation which holds the key to changing the fate of the galaxy.However the death throes of the Empire breed hostile new enemies and the young Foundation’s fate will be threatened first.Asimov's Foundation is a classic exploration of hard science fiction setting the stage for space operas to come. It's a top-tier narrative of alien contact and the first of its kind.For fans of Frank Herbert (Dune Messiah) Adrian Tchaikovsky (The Tiger and the Wolf) Dan Simmons (The Terror) Ursula K. Le Guin (The Dispossessed) and Stanley Kubrick (Dr Strangelove or).