Other editions of book Foundation, Foundation and Empire, Second Foundation

A THOUSAND-YEAR EPIC, A GALACTIC STRUGGLE, A MONUMENTAL WORK IN THE ANNALS OF SCIENCE FICTION FOUNDATION begins a new chapter in the story of man's future. As the Old Empire crumbles into barbarism throughout the million worlds of the galaxy, Hari Seldon and his band of psychologists must create a new entity, the Foundation-dedicated to art, science, and technology-as the beginning of a new empire. FOUNDATION AND EMPIRE describes the mighty struggle for power amid the chaos of the stars in which man stands at the threshold of a new enlightened life which could easily be destroyed by the old forces of barbarism. SECOND FOUNDATION follows the Seldon Plan after the First Empire's defeat and describes its greatest threat-a dangerous mutant strain gone wild, which produces a mind capable of bending men's wills, directing their thoughts, reshaping their desires, and destroying the universe.

Omnibus of the original trilogy, with iconic checkerboard dustjacket art. No "gutter code" in this earliest printing (a "gutter code" is an alphanumeric code - for example, "15K" usually printed on or near the last text page, designates the year [by letter] and the week of the year [by number] when the text was printed. Subsequent printings of this book have gutter codes). Asimov's timeless classic.