内容简介
ThefifthnovelinAsimov'spopularFoundationseriesopenswithsecondthoughts.CouncilmanGolanTrevizeiswonderingifhewasrighttochooseacollectivemindasthebestpossiblefutureforhumanityovertheanarchyofcontentiousindividuals,nationsandplanets.Totesthisconclusion,hedecideshemustknowthepastandgoesinsearchoflegendaryEarth,allreferencestowhichhavebeenerasedfromgalacticlibraries.Thesocietiesencounteredalongthewaybecomearguingpointsinabook-longcolloquyaboutman'sfate,conductedbyTrevizeandtravelingcompanionBliss,whoispartofthefirstworld/mind,Gaia.
作者简介
IsaacAsimovbeganhisFoundationSeriesattheageoftwenty-one,notrealizingthatitwouldonedaybeconsideredacornerstoneofsciencefiction.Duringhislegendarycareer,Asimovpennedover470booksonsubjectsrangingfromsciencetoShakespearetohistory,thoughhewasmostlovedforhisaward-winningsciencefictionsagas,whichincludetheRobot,Empire,andFoundationseries.NamedaGrandMasterofScienceFictionbytheScienceFictionWritersofAmerica,Asimoventertainedandeducatedreadersofallagesforclosetofivedecasdes.Hedied,atageofseventy-two,inApril1992.