Prelude to Foundation

Prelude to Foundation is a novel written by Isaac Asimov. It is one of two prequels to the Foundation Series. For the first time, Asimov chronicles the life of Hari Seldon, the man who invented psychohistory and the intellectual hero of the series. Download high resolution version (400x658, 84 KB)Scan I made of the cover of Prelude to Foundation (Isaac Asimov) - fair use claimed This image is a book cover. ... Download high resolution version (400x658, 84 KB)Scan I made of the cover of Prelude to Foundation (Isaac Asimov) - fair use claimed This image is a book cover. ... Dr. Isaac Asimov enthroned with symbols of his lifes work (Rowena Morrill) Dr. Isaac Asimov (c. ... Hari Seldons holographic image, pictured on a paperback edition of Foundation, appears at various times in the First Foundations history, to guide it through the social and economic crises that befall it. ... Hari Seldon is the intellectual hero of Isaac Asimovs Foundation Series. ... Psychohistory is the name of a fictional science in Isaac Asimovs Foundation universe, which combined history, psychology and mathematical statistics to create a (nearly) exact science of the behavior of very large populations of people, such as the Galactic Empire. ...

Plot

The story takes place on Trantor during the reign of Emperor Cleon I. It starts with Hari's presentation of a paper at a mathematics convention detailing how practical use of psychohistory might theoretically be possible. The Emperor of the Galactic Empire learns of this and wants to use Hari for political gain. After an interview with Hari, however, Cleon concludes that Hari is of no use to the Empire. Trantor is a fictional planet in Isaac Asimovs Foundation series and Empire series of science-fiction novels. ... In the fictional universe of The Foundation Series, Cleon I (11,988 GE - 12,038 GE) was the Emperor of the Galactic Empire when Hari Seldon first arrived on Trantor. ... In Isaac Asimovs Robot/Empire/Foundation series of novels, the Galactic Empire is an empire consisting of planets settled by humans across the whole galaxy. ...

Hari then meets reporter Chetter Hummin, who convinces him that Cleon's first minister Eto Demerzel is attempting to capture him, and that it is therefore imperative for Hari to escape and to try to make psychohistory practical. Thus, Hari goes on his "Flight" and is introduced to Dors Venabili by Hummin. Hari takes an immediate liking to Dors, and (in a later book) he marries her. R. Daneel Olivaw is a fictional robot created by Isaac Asimov. ... R. Daneel Olivaw is a fictional robot created by Isaac Asimov. ... In Isaac Asimovs Foundation Series, Dors Venabili is a good friend, protector and future wife of Hari Seldon, the primary character of Prelude to Foundation and Forward the Foundation. ...

Hari and Dors narrowly evade capture at Streeling University, following which the pair move to Mycogen. Hari and Dors are welcomed to Mycogen by Sunmaster Fourteen, the leader of Mycogen. Determined to work out his pyschohistory with the knowledge that the Mycogenians supposedly possess. To further his goal, Hari decides to speak to a Mycogenian alone about history. He manages this by convincing Raindrop Fourty-three to show him the prized Mycogenian microfarms, a prized source of food for the aristocracy and Mycogenians alike. When Hari inquires about that the peculiar Mycogenian ways might be the product of religious belief, Raindrop Fourty-three is offended and says that the Mycogenians have something better. History. Hari inquires into the source of Mycogenian history and Raindrop Fourty-three reveals that it is encompassed in to "The book". Hari immediately asks for the book but Raindrop Fourty-three accepts on the condition that Hari allows her to touch his hair(Hair being expressively forbidden in Mycogenian society). When Hari starts reading the book he finds it disappointing except for the revealing of what the Mycogenians call their homeplanet, Aurora. Hari and Dors are almost killed when they try to find what they suspect is a robot in the Mycogenian "temple" until Hummin arrives in the nick of time to save them. The action then shifts to the Dahl sector, where Dors displays her amazing knife fighting skills. While in Dahl they meet a guttersnipe named Raych (whom Hari later adopts as his son), and Yugo Amaryl (who would become Hari's partner in developing psychohistory). In Isaac Asimovs Foundation series of novels, Mycogen is a sector on Trantor, galactic administration center, where Hari Seldon and Dors Venabili go to hide from Eto Demerzel and study psychohistory. ... ... Aurora is the Latin word for dawn. It can refer to: Aurora was the ancient Roman equivalent of Eos, the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn. ...

Towards the end of the novel, Hari, Dors, and Raych are kidnapped by agents from Wye, a powerful sector situated at Trantor's south pole. The finale reveals that "Hummin" is actually Cleon's first minister Eto Demerzel, who we later learn is in fact the robot R. Daneel Olivaw. By the end of the novel, Hari suspects that Dors is a robot, too. This theme would later be picked up in Forward the Foundation. R. Daneel Olivaw is a fictional robot created by Isaac Asimov. ... Forward the Foundation Forward the Foundation is a novel written by Isaac Asimov. ...