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Foundation

Isaac Asimov

First published August 1951
Type Novel
Series Foundation Universe › Foundation #1

<i>Wikipedia:</i> Foundation is the first novel in Isaac Asimov's Foundation Trilogy (later expanded into The Foundation Series). Foundation is a fixup of five interrelated short stories, first published as a single book by Gnome Press in 1951. Collectively they tell the story of the Foundation, an institute to preserve the best of galactic civilization after the collapse of the Galactic Empire. Four of these stories were originally published in a different form under different titles and a framing story, "The Psychohistorians" was added. The four sections of the fixup are: <ul> <li>"The Encyclopedists" based on "Foundation" (1942) <li>"The Mayors" based on "Bridle and Saddle" (1942) <li>"The Traders" based on "The Wedge" (1944) <li>"The Merchant Princes" based on "The Big and the Little" (1944) </ul> See {{S|Foundation (Original Stories)}}.

YearAwardCategoryStatus
2012 Locus Online 20th Century Science Fiction Novel Nominee/Finalist

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
August 1951 Cover Foundation Gnome Press Novel
1953 Cover Foundation Weidenfeld & Nicolson Novel
1955 Cover No World of Their Own / The 1,000 Year Plan Ace Books Omnibus 5
1955 Foundation Weidenfeld & Nicolson Novel
1955 Cover The 1,000 Year Plan Ace Books Novel
1957 Cover Fondation Gallimard Novel
July 1960 Cover Foundation Panther Novel
1961 Cover Fundação Ulisseia Novel
October 1961 Cover ¡Fundación! Cenit Novel
1962 Cover The 1,000 Year Plan Ace Books Novel
September 1962 Cover Foundation Panther Novel
September 1963 Cover Foundation Doubleday Novel
September 1963 Cover I Capolavori di Urania #317bis Mondadori MAGAZINE 3
October 1963 Cover The Foundation Trilogy Doubleday / SFBC Omnibus |1
August 1964 Cover Foundation Panther Novel
1965 Cover Fundación E.D.H.A.S.A. Novel
May 1965 Cover Fondation / Fondation et empire / Seconde fondation OPTA Omnibus 1
December 1965 Cover Foundation Panther Novel
1966 Fondation Denoël Novel
October 1966 Cover Foundation Avon Novel
October 1966 Cover An Isaac Asimov Omnibus Sidgwick & Jackson Omnibus
October 1966 Cover Der Tausendjahresplan Heyne Novel
October 1966 Cover Foundation Avon Novel
March 1967 Cover Foundation Avon Novel
1968 Cover Foundation Panther Novel
August 1968 Cover Foundation Avon Novel
1969 Cover Foundation Panther Novel
April 1969 Cover The Foundation Trilogy Doubleday / SFBC Omnibus
October 1969 Cover Foundation Avon Novel
1970 Cover Foundation trilogie Bruna Omnibus 5
1970 Cover Stiftelsen Askild & Kärnekull Novel 13
May 1970 Cover Foundation Avon Novel
September 1970 Cover Foundation Avon Novel
1971 Cover Alapítvány Kozmosz Könyvek Novel
March 1971 Foundation Avon Novel
June 1971 Cover Millemondi 1971: Trilogia galattica di Isaac Asimov Mondadori Omnibus 5
1972 Cover Stiftelsen Askild & Kärnekull Novel 13
February 1972 Cover Foundation Avon Novel
September 1972 Cover Foundation Avon Novel
1973 Cover Foundation Panther Novel
1973 Cover Foundation Panther / Granada Novel
February 1973 Cover Foundation Avon Novel
February 1973 Cover Foundation Avon Novel
1974 Cover Fondation Culture, Art, Loisirs Novel
1974 Cover Foundation Panther Novel
1974 Cover Stiftelsen Askild & Kärnekull Novel |13
September 1974 Cover Cronache della Galassia Mondadori Novel |1
November 1974 Cover The Foundation Trilogy Equinox / Avon Omnibus |1
1976 Cover Foundation Panther Novel
1976 Säätiö Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö Novel
1976 Cover The Foundation Trilogy (boxed set) Avon Omnibus |1
1976 Cover Foundation Avon Novel
1976 Cover De Foundation Bruna Novel
January 1976 Cover Fundación Bruguera Novel 13
January 1976 Cover The Foundation Trilogy Sidgwick & Jackson Omnibus |1
April 1976 Cover Fondation France Loisirs Novel
1977 Cover Foundation Panther Novel
1977 Cover Zadužbina Jugoslavija Novel
1977 Cover Odabrana dela Isaka Asimova u šest knjiga Jugoslavija Omnibus |3
1977 Cover Stiftelsen Askild & Kärnekull Novel |13
August 1978 Cover Foundation Doubleday Novel
1979 Cover Foundation Panther Novel
February 1979 Cover Fondation Denoël Novel
February 1980 Cover Fondation Denoël Novel
1981 Cover The Foundation Trilogy: Foundation, Foundation and Empire, Second Foundation; The Stars, Like Dust; The Naked Sun; I, Robot Octopus / Heinemann Omnibus 7
1981 Cover Foundation Panther / Granada Novel
February 1981 The Foundation Trilogy Avon Omnibus |1
1982 Isaac Asimov Octopus / Heinemann Omnibus 7
1982 Cover Alapítvány Kozmosz Könyvek Novel
January 1982 Cover Fondation Denoël Novel
October 1982 Cover Fondation Denoël Novel
December 1982 Cover The Foundation Trilogy Doubleday Omnibus
1983 Foundation Granada Novel
1983 Cover Foundation Panther Novel
1983 Isaac Asimov BCA - Book Club Associates Omnibus
1983 Cover The Foundation Trilogy: Foundation, Foundation and Empire, Second Foundation; The Stars, Like Dust; The Naked Sun; I, Robot Octopus / Heinemann Omnibus 7
1983 Cover De Foundation Bruna Novel
March 1983 Cover Foundation Del Rey / Ballantine Novel 1
April 1983 Cover Die Psychohistoriker Bastei Lübbe Omnibus 7
July 1983 Cover Foundation Del Rey / Ballantine Novel 1
October 1983 Cover Fondation Denoël Novel
November 1983 Cover The Foundation Trilogy Del Rey / Ballantine Omnibus 1
November 1983 Cover The Foundation Trilogy Doubleday / SFBC Omnibus
1984 Cover Foundation / I, Robot Octopus Books Omnibus 13
1984 Cover Foundation Panther / Granada Novel
April 1984 Cover Foundation Del Rey / Ballantine Novel 1
April 1984 Cover Foundation Del Rey / Ballantine Novel 1
July 1984 Cover Foundation Del Rey / Ballantine Novel 1
November 1984 Cover Fondation France Loisirs Novel
February 1985 Cover Fondation France Loisirs Novel
April 1985 Cover Fondation France Loisirs Novel
May 1985 Cover Fondation Denoël Novel
October 1985 Cover Fondation France Loisirs Novel
December 1985 Cover Foundation Del Rey / Ballantine Novel 1
1986 Foundation Series Del Rey / Ballantine Omnibus
1986 Foundation Series Del Rey / Ballantine Omnibus
1986 Isaac Asimov Octopus Books Omnibus
1986 Cover Isaac Asimov Amaranth Omnibus
1986 Cover Foundation Grafton Novel
1986 Cover Zadužbina Grafički zavod Hrvatske Novel
1986 Cover Foundation Grafton Books Novel
1986 Cover Foundation Grafton Books Novel
May 1986 Cover Fondation Denoël Novel
July 1986 Foundation Del Rey / Ballantine Novel
September 1986 Foundation Del Rey / Ballantine Novel
1987 Cover De Foundation Bruna Novel
October 1987 Foundation Del Rey / Ballantine Novel
1988 Cover The Foundation Trilogy The Easton Press Omnibus 1
June 1989 Cover Foundation Del Rey / Ballantine Novel
1990 Cover Foundation Grafton Novel
1990 Cover De Foundation Bruna Novel
February 1990 Cover Fondation Denoël Novel
1991 Foundation Series Del Rey / Ballantine Omnibus
August 1991 Cover Foundation Doubleday Novel
September 1991 Cover Die Foundation-Trilogie Heyne Omnibus 9
October 1991 Cover Foundation Bantam Spectra Novel
November 1991 Foundation Bantam Spectra Novel 1
1992 Cover Der Tausendjahresplan / Pioniere des Kosmos Das Beste Omnibus
September 1992 Cover Fondation Denoël Novel
1993 Cover Alapítvány Móra Ferenc Ifjúsági Könyvkiadó Novel
1993 Cover De Foundation Bruna Novel
1993 Cover Fundația Editura Nemira Novel
June 1993 Cover Fondazione Mondadori Novel |6
November 1993 Cover Fondation Denoël Novel
1994 Cover Die Foundation-Trilogie Heyne Omnibus 9
March 1994 Cover Foundation HarperCollins (UK) Novel
1996 Cover Foundation Bantam Spectra Novel 1
1996 Cover Die Foundation-Trilogie Heyne Omnibus 9
1997 Cover Foundation Heyne Omnibus |1
January 1997 Cover Fondation Denoël Novel
October 1997 Cover Fondation Denoël Novel
April 1998 Cover Fundação Livros do Brasil Novel
March 1999 Cover Fondation Denoël Novel
2000 Cover Die Psychohistoriker Bastei Lübbe Omnibus
January 2000 Cover Le déclin de Trantor France Loisirs Omnibus 711
February 2000 Cover Fondation Denoël Novel
March 2000 Cover Die Foundation-Trilogie Heyne Omnibus |100
May 2000 Cover The Foundation Trilogy Doubleday / SFBC Omnibus [3]|1
September 2000 Cover Fondation Denoël Novel
June 2001 Cover Foundation Voyager Classics / HarperCollins Novel
August 2001 Cover Foundation Meulenhoff Omnibus
2002 Die Psychohistoriker Bastei Lübbe Omnibus
January 2003 Cover Fondation Denoël Novel
October 2003 Cover Fondation Denoël Novel
2004 Cover Die Foundation-Trilogie Heyne Omnibus 13
February 2004 Cover Trilogia della Fondazione Mondadori Omnibus 5
March 2004 Cover Fondation Denoël Novel
June 2004 Cover Foundation Bantam Spectra Novel
June 2004 Foundation Bantam Spectra Novel
June 2004 Cover Foundation Bantam Spectra Novel
June 2004 Foundation Bantam Spectra Novel
July 2004 Cover The Foundation Trilogy Science Fiction Book Club Omnibus
January 2005 Cover Fondation Denoël Novel
2006 Cover Die Foundation-Trilogie Heyne Omnibus |15
May 2006 Cover Fondation Denoël Omnibus 9
February 2008 Cover Fondation Denoël Novel
April 2008 Cover Foundation Bantam Spectra Novel
June 2008 Cover Foundation Paw Prints Novel
April 2009 Cover Fundação Editora Aleph Novel |10
May 2009 Cover Trilogia da Fundação Editora Aleph Omnibus
April 2010 Cover Foundation Random House Audio Novel
August 2010 Cover Fondation Denoël Novel
November 2010 Cover Foundation, Foundation and Empire, Second Foundation Alfred A. Knopf Omnibus
November 2011 The Foundation Trilogy Barnes & Noble Books Omnibus
2012 Cover The Foundation Trilogy The Folio Society Omnibus
March 2012 Cover Fondation Denoël Novel
June 2012 Cover Die Foundation-Trilogie Heyne Omnibus 7
September 2012 Cover The Foundation Trilogy Barnes & Noble Books Omnibus 1
October 2015 Cover Fondation 1 Gallimard Omnibus 11
2016 Fondas Kitos knygos Novel
July 2017 Cover Fondation Denoël Novel
September 2017 Cover Die Foundation-Trilogie Heyne Omnibus 7
April 2019 Cover Trilogia da Fundação Editora Aleph Omnibus
September 2020 Cover Fundação Editora Aleph Novel
November 2020 Cover Trilogia da Fundação Editora Aleph Omnibus
August 2021 Cover Foundation Del Rey Novel
September 2021 Cover Foundation Heyne Omnibus |5
September 2021 Cover Foundation Harper Voyager (UK) Novel
June 2022 Cover Foundation Del Rey Omnibus |1