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Foundation and Empire
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Overview
Foundation and Empire is the second book in Isaac Asimov’s Foundation science fiction series. Published in 1952, the novel continues the saga of the collapse of the Galactic Empire and the rise of the Foundation that tries to shorten the dark times ahead. Each of the book’s two sections describes an attempt by a rogue outsider to conquer the Foundation. The second section, “The Mule,” won a retrospective Hugo award in 1996. The Foundation series is considered one of the most important in the history of science fiction; it won a Hugo for Best All-Time Series in 1966 and has been adapted for television.
The ebook edition of the 2004 Del Rey/Random House reprint of Foundation and Empire forms the basis for this study guide.
Plot Summary
Imperial general Bel Riose visits scholar Ducem Barr on the distant planet Siwenna, searching for information about the mythical magicians of the equally mythical Foundation. Barr, who hates the Empire but whose family is under threat from Riose, shows the general a walnut-sized force-field generator. The amazing device was brought to Siwenna decades earlier by a mysterious trader.
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