&sq=&lang=&file=File:Foundation_-_Isaac_Asimov_(Gnome_1951).jpg) Dust-jacket of the first edition. | |
| Author | Isaac Asimov |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | David Kyle |
| Language | English |
| Series | Foundation series |
| Genre | Science fiction, political drama |
| Publisher | Gnome Press |
Publication date | 1951 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 255 |
| Followed by | Foundation and Empire |
Foundation is a science fiction novel by American writer Isaac Asimov. It is the first book in the Foundation Trilogy (which later expanded into the Foundation series). Foundation is a cycle of five interrelated short stories, first published as a single book by Gnome Press in 1951. Collectively they tell the early story of the Foundation, an institute founded by psychohistorian Hari Seldon to preserve the best of galactic civilization after the collapse of the Galactic Empire.