Second Foundation

作者 Isaac Asimov著
出版社 Random House US
出版时间 1991年10月第1版
ISBN 9780553293364
定价 59.80

内容简介

IsaacAsimov'sFoundationnovelsareoneofthegreatmasterworksofsciencefiction.Asunsurpassedblendofnonstopaction,daringideas,andextensiveworld-building,theychroniclethestruggleofacourageousgroupofmenandwomendedicatedtopreservinghumanity'slightinagalaxyplungedintoanightmareofignoranceandviolencethirtythousandyearslong.Afteryearsofstruggle,theFoundationliesinruins—destroyedbythemutantmindpoweroftheMule.ButitisrumoredthatthereisaSecondFoundationhiddensomewhereattheendoftheGalaxy,establishedtopreservetheknowledgeofmankindthroughthelongcenturiesofbarbarism.TheMulefailedtofinditthefirsttime—butnowheiscertainheknowswhereitlies.ThefateoftheFoundationrestsonyoungArcadiaDarell,onlyfourteenyearsoldandburdenedwithaterriblesecret.AsitsscientistsgirdforafinalshowdownwiththeMule,thesurvivorsoftheFirstFoundationbegintheirdesperatesearch.TheytoowanttheSecondFoundationdestroyed…beforeitdestroysthem.

作者简介

IsaacAsimovbeganhisFoundationSeriesattheageoftwenty-one,notrealizingthatitwouldonedaybeconsideredacornerstoneofsciencefiction.Duringhislegendarycareer,Asimovpennedpver470booksonsubjectsrangingfromsciencetoShakespearetohistory,thoughhewasmostlovedforhisaward-winningsciencefictionsagas,whichincludetheRobot,Empire,andFoundationseries.NamedaGrandMasterofScienceFictionbytheScienceFictionWritersofAmerica,Asimoventertainedandeducatedreadersofallagesforclosetofivedecasdes.Hedied,atageofseventy-two,inApril1992.