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Isaac Asimov s Foundation trilogy a riveting saga of humanity s struggle against darkness played out on the grandest possible scale is one of the cornerstones of modern science fiction.

About the Author

Asimov was born in Russia in 1919, his family moved to the USA where his father owned a succession of sweet shops. simov graduated from Columbia University and, after a brief period in the army, he joined the Boston University school of medicine and thereafter took to full time writing, until his death in 1992 Introducer biography- Michael Dirda is a book critic on the Washington Post.