Foundation and EmpireThe second novel in Isaac Asimov’s classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation series THE EPIC SAGA THAT INSPIRED THE APPLE TV+ SERIES FOUNDATION Led by its founding father, the psychohistorian Hari Seldon, and utilizing science and technology, the Foundation survived the greed and barbarism of its neighboring warrior-planets. Now cleverness and courage may not be enough. For the Empire—the mightiest force in the Galaxy—is even more dangerous in its death throes. Even worse, a mysterious entity called the Mule has appeared with powers beyond anything humanly conceivable. Who—or what—is the Mule? And how is humanity to defend itself against this invulnerable avatar of annihilation? Filled with nail-biting suspense, nonstop action, and cutting-edge speculation, Foundation and Empire is the story of humanity’s perpetual struggle against the darkness that forever threatens to overwhelm the light—and of how the courage of even a determined few can make all the difference in the universe. |
Contents
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The Magicians | 15 |
The Dead Hand | 21 |
The Emperor | 27 |
The War Begins | 34 |
The Favorite | 46 |
THE MULE | 87 |
Bride and Groom | 89 |
Captain and Mayor | 102 |
Lieutenant and Clown | 111 |
The Mutant | 120 |
The Psychologist | 130 |
Conference | 138 |
The VisiSonor | 148 |
Bribery | 51 |
To Trantor | 65 |
On Trantor | 73 |
The War Ends | 81 |
Fall of the Foundation | 158 |
Start of the Search | 166 |
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Page 1 - Psycho-history dealt not with man, but with man-masses. It was the science of mobs; mobs in their billions. It could forecast reactions to stimuli with something of the accuracy that a lesser science could bring to the forecast of a rebound of a billiard ball.