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Foundation And Chaos

Greg Bear author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group

Published:15th Jul '99

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A major science fiction author continues one of the most famous SF stories of all time.Isaac Asimov's Foundation series is known to millions of readers throughout the world. Before he died, however, he made it clear that there were areas he had not explored. Greg Bear now takes up that challenge and an epic story of galactic intrigue and incredible science takes a staggering new twist. Hari Seldon's life's work is about to come to an end. The science of psychohistory he has developed can be refined no more, and the plans for the Foundation, which will steer mankind through the dark centuries ahead, are complete. But it may all be for nothing if the political factions on Trantor succeed in destroying Hari's work. Accused of treason against the Galactic Empire, the most important trial of all time is about to begin ...

It took a long time for the future to get history. Robert Heinlein did a chart. Then, in 1942, Isaac Asimov began the Foundation series, and the future took shape: hills, chasms, paths, cities, dark ages and bright. It was a story we could walk into. Now it's time to take another step John Clute This is book number two in the new Second Foundation Trilogy being written by hard science-fiction authors Gregory Benford, Greg Bear and David Brin, otherwise known as the "Killer B's". In this book, Bear continues where Benford's Foundation's Fear left Craig Engler, AMAZON.CO.UK REVIEW

ISBN: 9781857237368

Dimensions: 179mm x 141mm x 29mm

Weight: 220g

448 pages