内容简介
TheFoundationnovelsofIsaacAsimovareoneofthegreatmasterworksofsciencefiction.Unsurpassedfortheiruniqueblendofnonstopaction,daringideas,andextensiveworld-building,theychroniclethestruggleofacourageousgroupofmenandwomentopreservehumanity’slightagainstaninexorabletideofdarknessandviolence.Ledbyitsfoundingfather,thegreatpsychohistorianHariSeldon,andtakingadvantageofitssuperiorscienceandtechnology,theFoundationhassurvivedthegreedandbarbarismofitsneighboringwarrior-planets.YetnowitmustfacetheEmpire—stillthemightiestforceintheGalaxyeveninitsdeaththroes.WhenanambitiousgeneraldeterminedtorestoretheEmpire’sgloryturnsthevastImperialfleettowardtheFoundation,theonlyhopeforthesmallplanetofscholarsandscientistsliesinthepropheciesofHariSeldon.ButnotevenHariSeldoncouldhavepredictedthebirthoftheextraordinarycreaturecalledTheMule—amutantintelligencewithapowergreaterthanadozenbattlefleets…apowerthatcanturnthestrongest-willedhumanintoanobedientslave.
作者简介
IsaacAsimovbeganhisFoundationSeriesattheageoftwenty-one,notrealizingthatitwouldonedaybeconsideredacornerstoneofsciencefiction.Duringhislegendarycareer,Asimovpennedpver470booksonsubjectsrangingfromsciencetoShakespearetohistory,thoughhewasmostlovedforhisaward-winningsciencefictionsagas,whichincludetheRobot,Empire,andFoundationseries.NamedaGrandMasterofScienceFictionbytheScienceFictionWritersofAmerica,Asimoventertainedandeducatedreadersofallagesforclosetofivedecasdes.Hedied,atageofseventy-two,inApril1992.,,