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 Asimov, Isaac
Pebble in the Sky. 'Pebble in the Sky' was published in 1950. 'Foundation' was published in 1951. 'The Stars, Like Dust' was also published in 1951. 'The Caves of Steel' was published in 1954.
seven. In order of the series, 'Prelude to Foundation', 'Forward the Foundation', 'Foundation', 'Foundation and Empire', 'Second Foundation', 'Foundation's Edge', and 'Foundation and Earth'.
Doubleday. Of his first 200 books, Doubleday published 75.
The Caves of Steel. Gladia first appears in 'The Naked Sun', the second robot novel. 'The Caves of Steel' is the first.
radioactivity. The reason for Earth's radioactivity is revealed in Robots and Empire.
Linge Chen. Cleon was an emperor. Farad Sinter appears in 'Foundation and Chaos' by Greg Bear as the commisioner of general security. Lors Avakim was a lawyer hired by Seldon to defend Gaal Dornick.
50. Aurora was the 1st Spacer world settled. Solaria, the 50th, was the last.
Chicago. The name has changed slightly over the centuries to Chica.
She has been lied to. This is in the story 'Liar'. Susan Calvin shows a brief bit of humanity in this story, compared to her usual demeanor.
Trantor. Trantor is entirely covered by cities. Most of the cities are in fact underground.
| The titles for the two books of Asimov's biography come from this poem. 'In memory yet green, in joy still felt, The scenes of life rise sharply into view. We {triumph;} Life's disasters are undealt, And while all else is old, the world is new'. Who wrote it? | General Isaac Asimov
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Asimov. Doubleday spent some time looking for the author, and finally asked Asimov himself, who revealed he had written it. This didn't sit well, so they published it as being written by anon.
Mental control. The second Foundation possesses mental powers. With these powers they are able to sway the opinions and actions of others to further the Seldon Plan.
Hari Seldon. It is established that Hari Seldon created psychohistory in the Foundation trilogy. Details of the creation are supplied in 'Prelude to Foundation' and 'Forward the Foundation'.
David. His full name is David Starr. The first Lucky Starr novel was titled, 'David Starr: Space Ranger'
| These first two questions are general questions about the whole book. The quotes at the beginning of the chapters come from what edition of the Encyclopedia Galactica? (F.E. is Foundation era) | Isaac Asimov's Foundation
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1020 F.E.. The 1020 edition is used in the Foundation books by Bear, Brin, and Benford. The other numbers are made up.
Periphery. Seldon used psychohistory to predict that they would be exiled to the periphery.
'Not one damned thing'. Salvor Hardin taped all of the conversations and in 5 days, Lord Dorwin said nothing whatsoever of substance.
6. Salvor Hardin and the 5 members of the board.
Power outage. The priests loyal to the Foundation control the power stations.
Shield. The shield went day after two days, and despite his best efforts, the tech-man could never get it to work again.
steel factory. He knows that the first two places atomic power would show up are the shipbuilding and steel facilities. Since he knows he won't be allowed to see the shipyards, he asked to be taken to a steel factory.
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