title: Prelude to Foundation (Foundation Novels)
author:  Isaac Asimov 
description: To Emperor Cleon I, the science of psychohistory seems to offer the opportunity to predict and direct the course of his Galactic Empire. To Hari Seldon, discoverer of the still theoretical science, it becomes a nightmare as the young historian becomes the most wanted man in the colonized universe. An intricately twisted plot, uncomplicated but amiable characters, and an abundance of leisurely explication mark Asimov's latest addition to his classic Foundation novels. While familiarity with earlier titles is not necessary, series followers will particularly enjoy this prequel. Recommended.JC<br />Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  Title: Foundation 6 - Prelude to Foundation
  
  
  Author: Asimov, Isaac
  
  
  Author’s Note
  
  
  When I wrote “Foundation, ” which appeared in the May 1942 issue of Astounding
  Science Faction, I had no idea that I had begun a series of stories that would
  eventually grow into six volumes and a total of 650, 000 words (so far). Nor
  did I have any idea that it would be unified with my series of short stories
  and novels involving robots and my novels involving the Galactic Empire for a
  grand total (so far) of fourteen volumes and a total of about 1, 450, 000
  words.
  
  
  You will see, if you study the publication dates of these books, that there
  was a twenty-five-year hiatus between 1957 and 1982, during which I did not
  add to this series. This was not because I had stopped writing. Indeed, I
  wrote full-speed throughout the quarter century, but I wrote other things.
  That I returned to the series in 1982 was not my own notion but was the result
  of a co