The nature of that action - that is, the solution to your dilemma - is, of course, obvious!' - Hari Seldon, The Encyclopedists' 'You see, then, that you are faced by hard necessity, and that action is forced on you. Subverted when it turns out that the Second Foundation he keeps talking about is a secret organisation he began with the purpose of constantly tweaking details of The Plan to force Terminus back onto his predictions if they began to deviate. Every so often, a 'Seldon Crisis' occurs, where there is only one possible action that the Foundation can take, because any other action would result in their destruction. The actions taken by his Foundation on Terminus are dictated by the starting conditions (conditions that he arranged).

Batman Gambit: Hari Seldon sets up centuries worth of plans in advance, using statistics.

His predictions become known as the Seldon Plan. Appearing in the ' Time Vault', he announces the primary conflict of the story and reassures the people of Terminus that it will be resolved in their favour.

All According to Plan: Despite having died decades to centuries ago, Hari Seldon planned the events of each chapter.

After the Galactic Empire's fall cuts off its supply lines and it ceases to be the center of the galaxy, it starts to turn into a purely agrarian society, except for the Imperial Library where the Second Foundation is ruling the First Foundation from behind the scenes. Ironically, between the events of ' The General (Foundation)' and ' The Mule', Trantor is sacked.

Agri World: During the time between ' The Psychohistorians' and ' The General (Foundation)', the Imperial Capital of Trantor is a City Planet that requires the combined output of 20 agricultural worlds to feed its population of 40 billion people.

The Foundation Trilogy provides examples of: Works published as The Foundation Trilogy: To see more, visit the multimedia franchise page. Success', and other adaptations include a 1970s radio dramatisation by BBC Radio, accessible from Audible and Internet Archive.

Additional stories taking place in this setting have been written, forming the Foundation series.ĭr Asimov wrote a Self-Parody about the trilogy, titled ' The Foundation of S.F. It describes the rise of Terminus as the Second Galactic Empire, the obstacles presented by the schisms along the Periphery, the remnants of the first Galactic Empire, and the Mule. The Foundation Trilogy is an Epic Narrative that was first told in Pulp Magazines during the Golden Age of Science Fiction. These three books, published individually as well as in Boxed Set and Omnibus volumes, form the core of Isaac Asimov's famous Space Opera.

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