Both countries isolated themselves from the other and pitted against each other in a head-to-head rivalry. In particular, Asimov lived through the beginnings of the Cold War tension between Communist Russia and Capitalist America. Rather than trace the story of an individual hero in an isolated period of time, Foundation zooms out on the larger picture of civilization over a wide span of time and setting while touching on how forces such as technology, religion, and government all work together.Īsimov relates this concept of emphasizing the bigger picture of the world over the short-term individual to the existing cultural landscape of his own lifetime, where a strong sense of nationalism was on the rise. Foundation is a combination of five short stories spanning about one hundred and fifty years in the interstellar Galactic Empire.
Asimov produced more than two hundred works, most popularly science fiction such as I, Robot, in addition to many works of non-fiction.įoundation drew its initial inspiration from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by historian Edward Gibbons, an account read twice by Asimov. He later became a faculty member at the Boston University School of Medicine. He studied chemistry at Columbia University and went on to get a PhD in the subject, a credible scientific interest which is certainly reflected in his writings. The hit science fiction series was the recipient of a Hugo Award in 1966, claiming the title of “Best All Time Series.” Asimov was a Russian native who emigrated to America with his family at the young age of three. Foundation is the first book of Isaac Asimov’s acclaimed trilogy, published in 1951.
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