SECOND FOUNDATION - FOUNDATION 3
The Foundation series is Isaac Asimov's iconic masterpiece. Unfolding against the backdrop of a crumbling Galactic Empire, the story of Hari Seldon's two Foundations is a lasting testament to an extraordinary imagination, one that shaped science fiction as we know it today.
The First Foundation has been defeated, crushed by the formidable mental powers of the Mule. But whispers of the mysterious Second Foundation, the only hope of defeating the Mule, are beginning to spreada.
Surviving members of the First Foundation also fear the secret powers of the Second Foundation, vowing to find and destroy it. However, the location of the Second Foundation remains shrouded in mystery. Finding it will lead the Foundation to the opposite end of the Galaxy, where the fate of Seldona's two Foundations awaits.
ISAAC ASIMOV
He was born in 1920 in Russia and was brought to the USA by his parents three years later. He grew up in Brooklyn and attended Columbia University. After a short spell in the army, he gained a doctorate and worked in academia and chemical research. Asimov's career as a science fiction writer began in 1939 with the short story 'Marooned Off Vesta'. Thereafter he became a regular contributor to the leading SF magazines of the day. Asimov wrote hundreds of short stories and novels, including the iconic, Robot and Foundation. He won the Hugo Award four times and the Nebula Award once. Apart from his world-famous science fiction, Asimov also wrote highly successful detective mystery stories, a four-volume History of North America, a two-volume Guide to the Bible, a biographical dictionary, encyclopaedias, and textbooks, as well as two volumes of autobiography. Asimov died in 1992 at the age of 72.
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ASIMOV ISAAC
Isaac Asimov nació el 2 de enero de 1920 en Petrovichi, Rusia, y emigró con su familia a Estados Unidos en 1923, estableciéndose en Brooklyn. Estudió en la Universidad de Columbia, donde obtuvo el doctorado en bioquímica en 1948, y trabajó como profesor en la Universidad de Boston. Comenzó a publicar relatos de ciencia ficción en 1939 y alcanzó reconocimiento con la serie de la Fundación y obras como Yo, robot. Escribió también divulgación científica y ensayos históricos. Utilizó seudónimos como Paul French. Falleció en Nueva York el 6 de abril de 1992 a los 72 años.
