内容简介
Atlast,thecostlyandbitterwarbetweenthetwoFoundationshadcometoanend.ThescientistsoftheFirstFoundationhadprovedvictorious;andnowtheyretumtoHariSeldon'slong-establishedplantobuildanewEmpirethattheSecondFoundationisnotdestroyedafterall-andthatitsstill-defiantsurvivorsarepreparingtheirrevenge.NowthetwoexiledcitizensoftheFoundation-arenegadeCouncilmanandthedodderinghistorian-setoutinsearchofthemythicalplanetEarth...andproofthattheSecondFoundationstillexists.Meanwhilesomeone-orsomething-outsideofbothFoundationsseestobeorchestratingeventstosuititsownominouspurpose.SoonrepresentativesofboththeFirstandSecondFoundationswillfindthemselvesracingtowardamysteriousworldcalledGaiaandafinalshockingdestinyattheveryendoftheuniverse!
作者简介
IsaacAsimovbeganhisFoundationSeriesattheageoftwenty-one,notrealizingthatitwouldonedaybeconsideredacornerstoneofsciencefiction.Duringhislegendarycareer,Asimovpennedpver470booksonsubjectsrangingfromsciencetoShakespearetohistory,thoughhewasmostlovedforhisaward-winningsciencefictionsagas,whichincludetheRobot,Empire,andFoundationseries.NamedaGrandMasterofScienceFictionbytheScienceFictionWritersofAmerica,Asimoventertainedandeducatedreadersofallagesforclosetofivedecasdes.Hedied,atageofseventy-two,inApril1992.,,