Forward the Foundation Summary
Isaac Asimov

Forward the Foundation Summary

Isaac Asimov's last novel, Forward the Foundation, continues the story line of Prelude to Foundation, showing mathematician Hari Seldon in middle and old age continuing the struggle to turn his theory of psychohistory into a tool capable of restoring human civilization after the Galactic Empire destroys itself. The book sets the stage for Asimov's seminal Foundation.

Forward the Foundation by Isaac Asimov looks in on the life and work of Hari Seldon at roughly ten year intervals. Hari's concern about aging and not perfecting his brainchild, psychohistory, as a reliable tool for predicting the future sweep of history, deepens with each passing decade. Hari is in his forties as the novel opens. He finds himself drawn to help his old robot friend and benefactor, Eto Demerzel, First Minister to Emperor Cleon I, to survive a populist political crisis as the Empire begins eroding badly. Thanks to undercover work by son... View more of the Forward the Foundation Summary