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Official trilogy · Foundation
History by Equation
A plan to shorten a galactic dark age meets political improvisation, economic leverage, mutation, and the dangerous temptation to treat populations as variables whose freedom can be managed from afar.
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01Volume 1
Novel guide
Foundation
Foundation
Isaac Asimov
A mathematician predicts imperial collapse, exiles a knowledge project to the galaxy's edge, and leaves later leaders to discover how science can become political leverage.
02Volume 2
Novel guide
Foundation and Empire
Foundation and Empire
Isaac Asimov
The Seldon Plan survives the Empire's greatest general, then fails in front of a conqueror who can change the emotions that mass prediction assumes will average out.
03Volume 3
Novel guide
Second Foundation
Second Foundation
Isaac Asimov
Two searches hunt the hidden guardians of the Seldon Plan, only to discover that every apparent victory may be the belief those guardians needed their pursuers to hold.
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