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Isaac Asimov's renowned Foundation trilogy pioneered many of the familiar themes of modern science fiction and shaped many of its best writers. With the permission and blessing of the Asimov estate, the epic saga left unfinished by the Grand Master himself now continues with this second masterful volume.
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Epic, classical in form, grave and earnest.
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- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
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- sparerichly built
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- Author
- Greg Bear
- First published
- July 15, 1999
- Pages
- 431
- Publisher
- Bt Bound, HarperCollins Publishers, B de Bolsillo (Ediciones B)
- Editions
- 17
- Language
- English, French, German
- ISBN
- 9780060742225
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“Hari Seldon stood in slippered feet and a thick green scholar' robe on the enclosed parapet of an upperside maintenance tower, looking from an altitude of two hundred meters over the dark aluminum and steel surface of Trantor.”
Gregory Dale Bear (born August 20, 1951) is an American writer and illustrator best known for science fiction. His work has covered themes of galactic conflict (Forge of God books), artificial universes (The Way series), consciousness and cultural practices (Queen of Angels), and accelerated evolution (Blood Music, Darwin's Radio, and Darwin's Children). His most recent work is the 2021 novel The Unfinished Land. Greg Bear has written over 50 books in total. Greg Bear was also one of the five co-founders of the San Diego Comic-Con. [source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Bear)
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