Isaac Asimov "The Foundation Trilogy" Signed Limited Edition, Leather-Bound [Very Fine]

Personally signed by Isaac Asimov, important for his significant contributions to science fiction, particularly his "Three Laws of Robotics" and the "Foundation" series, which explored themes of societal collapse and the potential of human-machine interaction.

One of only 900 copies signed by the author, this is a stunning volume with original frontispiece artwork by Michael Whelan.

Norwalk, CT. Easton Press 1988. Isaac Asimov "The Foundation Trilogy". Signed Limited Edition. Limited Collector's Edition. Includes the original Collector's Notes. Makes a fantastic gift for any serious book collector or science fiction fan. This classic volume is part of the Masterpieces of Science Fiction collection by Easton Press. Beautifully illustrated and luxuriously bound in full genuine navy leather with elegant gold detailing. Very Fine without any flaws. 510 pages.

• Introduction by James Gunn
• Illustrations by Michael Whelan

Isaac Asimov was an American author and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books. Asimov was one of the most prolific writers of all time, having written or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 90,000 letters and postcards. His works have been published in nine out of ten major categories of the Dewey Decimal System.

The Foundation Trilogy

The Foundation novels of Isaac Asimov are one of the great masterworks of science fiction. Unsurpassed for their unique blend of nonstop action, daring ideas, and extensive world-building, they chronicle the struggle of a courageous group of men and women to preserve humanity’s light against an inexorable tide of darkness and violence.

The Foundation series is a science fiction book series written by American author Isaac Asimov. First published as a series of short stories and novellas in 1942–50, and subsequently in three books in 1951–53, for nearly thirty years the series was widely known as The Foundation Trilogy: Foundation (1951), Foundation and Empire (1952), and Second Foundation (1953). It won the one-time Hugo Award for "Best All-Time Series" in 1966. Asimov later added new volumes, with two sequels, Foundation's Edge (1982) and Foundation and Earth (1986), and two prequels, Prelude to Foundation (1988) and Forward the Foundation (1993).

The premise of the stories is that in the waning days of a future Galactic Empire, the mathematician Hari Seldon devises the theory of psychohistory, a new and effective mathematics of sociology. Using statistical laws of mass action, it can predict the future of large populations. Seldon foresees the imminent fall of the Empire, which encompasses the entire Milky Way, and a dark age lasting 30,000 years before a second empire arises. Although the momentum of the Empire's fall is too great to stop, Seldon devises a plan by which "the onrushing mass of events must be deflected just a little" to eventually limit this interregnum to just one thousand years. The books describe some of the dramatic events of those years as they are shaped by the underlying political and social mechanics of Seldon's Plan.

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