Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #83357 in Books
• Published on: 1994-09-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 432 pages

Synopsis
The days of the Empire are numbered. On the Imperial world of Trantor, Cleon II rules over a multitude of worlds slowly descending into anarchy. Two individuals' destinies intertwine in the fight against chaos - Hari Seldon, and Eto Demerzel, a robot and the real power behind Cleon's throne.

From the Back Cover
For more than forty years, Isaac Asimov thrilled millions of readers with his bestselling Foundation series, a spellbinding tale of the future that spans thousands of years and dozens of worlds. Completed just weeks before his death in April 1992, Forward the Foundation is the seventh and concluding volume of this masterwork, which was awarded a Hugo for the 'Best All-Time Science Fiction Series'.

In the earlier Foundation novels, Hari Seldon, the guiding genius of the Foundation, was a figure of history. By going back to the great mathmatician's life, in Forward the Foundation, Asimov fills in the remaining gaps in his epic story. Asimov acknowledged that he always regarded Seldon as his alter ego, and this novel is all the more poignant for the fact that he himself died only weeks after writing about Seldon's death.

A resounding tour de force, Forward the Foundation offers the dramatic climax to the Foundation series, and perhaps the greatest moment in science fiction to date.

Customer Reviews

a must-read if you are familiar with the series
An absloute classic. This, Asimov's last book, is another jewel in the Foundation series. It fills a gap between foundation and its prelude, and fits in seamlessly. It completes the series in a glorious manner. The end, and the failing of Seldon's faculties, are made especially relevant because of Asimov's own life at the time, and his unwelcome death.

Almost as good as the original trilogy
This book shows Asimov's story telling powers remained undiminshed by the years. The story is fascinating even though we know, in a broad sense, what will happen in the end. Asimov has stated that he viewed Hari Seldon as his alter ego, and so it is appropriate that the story of Seldon's last days should be Asimov's last work.

Best of the Foundation Series!
This was probably my favourite book out of the entire series. It's great. It's set between Prelude to Foundation and Foundation, and serves as an excellent bridge between the two books. The book provides a characterized version of Hari Seldon, which I felt was missing in the other books, where the only place where readers would 'see' Hari Seldon would be at the Vault during the crises. In addition, while retaining a high level of excitment and plot-development, it made psychohistory come to life as a science, instead of just the as a mysetrious force as portrayed in the other books of the series. I recommend reading this book in its correct place in the series.