内容简介
FortwelvethousandyearstheGalacticEmpirehasruledsupreme.Nowitisdying.ButonlyHariSheldon,creatoroftherevolutionaryscienceofpsychohistory,canseeintothefuture--toadarkageofignorance,barbarism,andwarfarethatwilllastthirtythousandyears.Topreserveknowledgeandsavemankind,SeldongathersthebestmindsintheEmpire--bothscientistsandscholars--andbringsthemtoableakplanetattheedgeoftheGalaxytoserveasabeaconofhopeforafututregenerations.HecallshissanctuarytheFoundation.ButsoonthefledglingFoundationfindsitselfatthemercyofcorruptwarlordsrisinginthewakeoftherecedingEmpire.Mankind'slastbesthopeisfacedwithanagonizingchoice:submittothebarbariansandbeoverrun--orfightthemandbedestroyed.
作者简介
TolistIsaacAsimov'shonors,astolisthisbooks,wouldbeexcessive.LetitsimplybenotedthatIsaacAsimovwasthemostfamous,mosthonored,mostwidelyread,andmostbelovedsciencefictionauthorofalltime.Inhisfivedecadesasanauthor,hewrotemorethanfourhundredbooks,woneveryawardhisreadersandcolleaguescouldcontrivetogivehim,andprovidedpleasureandinsighttomillions.Hediedin1992,stillatwork.