Foundation

Summary

Foundation is a literary work^[1]. Foundation ranks in the top 1% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,739 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Foundation authored Isaac Asimov^[3].
• Foundation's instance of is recorded as literary work^[4].
• Foundation was published by Gnome Press^[5].
• Foundation's genre is science fiction^[6].
• Foundation followed Foundation's Triumph^[7].
• Foundation followed Forward the Foundation^[8].
• Foundation was followed by Foundation and Empire^[9].
• Foundation's part of the series is recorded as Foundation series^[10].
• Foundation's part of the series is recorded as Foundation Trilogy^[11].
• Foundation's place of publication is recorded as New York City^[12].
• Foundation's language of work or name is recorded as English^[13].
• Foundation's country of origin is recorded as United States^[14].
• 1942 marks the founding of Foundation^[15].
• Foundation was published on 1951^[16].
• Foundation's characters is recorded as Hari Seldon^[17].
• Foundation's characters is recorded as Hober Mallow^[18].
• Foundation's has edition or translation is recorded as Foundation^[19].
• Foundation's has edition or translation is recorded as Q120730735^[20].
• Foundation's has edition or translation is recorded as Q121267668^[21].
• Foundation's has edition or translation is recorded as Q131551734^[22].
• Foundation's takes place in fictional universe is recorded as Foundation universe^[23].
• Foundation's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Foundation'}^[24].
• Foundation's different from is recorded as Foundation (2)^[25].
• Foundation's epigraph is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "HARI SELDON–... born in the 11,988th year of the Galactic Era; died 12,069. The dates are more commonly given in terms of the current Foundational Era as – 79 to the year 1 F.E. Born to middle-class parents on Helicon, Arcturus sector (where his father, in a legend of doubtful authenticity, was a tobacco grower in the hydroponic plants of the planet), he early showed amazing ability in mathematics. Anecdotes concerning his ability are innumerable, and some are contradictory. At the age of two, he is said to have ...
  ... Undoubtedly his greatest contributions were in the field of psychohistory. Seldon found the field little more than a set of vague axioms; he left it a profound statistical science...
  .... The best existing authority we have for the details of his life is the biography written by Gaal Dornick who. as a young man, met Seldon two years before the great mathematician's death. The story of the meeting ..."}^[26].
• Foundation's epigraph is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'TERMINUS–... Its location (see map) was an odd one for the role it was called upon to play in Galactic history, and yet as many writers have never tired of pointing out, an inevitable one. Located on the very fringe of the Galactic spiral, an only planet of an isolated sun, poor in resources and negligible in economic value, it was never settled in the five centuries after its discovery, until the landing of the Encyclopedists...
  It was inevitable that as a new generation grew, Terminus would become something more than an appendage of the psychohistorians of Trantor. With the Anacreonian revolt and the rise to power of Salvor Hardin, first of the great line of...'}^[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Foundation authored Isaac Asimov^[3]. Foundation was published by Gnome Press^[5].

Publication

Foundation was released on 1951^[16]. Foundation's place of publication is recorded as New York City^[12]. Foundation's language of work or name is recorded as English^[13]. Foundation's genre is science fiction^[6]. Series this is part of include Foundation series^[10] and Foundation Trilogy^[11].

Subject and Themes

Series this is part of include Foundation series^[10] and Foundation Trilogy^[11].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Predecessors include Foundation's Triumph^[7] and Forward the Foundation^[8]. Foundation was followed by Foundation and Empire^[9].

Why It Matters

Foundation ranks in the top 1% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,739 views/month).^[2] Foundation has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] Foundation is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]