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Foundation and EmpireFOUNDATION AND EMPIRE
ISAAC ASIMOV



Contents
INTRODUCTION
PROLOGUE
PART I THE GENERAL
1. SEARCH FOR MAGICIANS
2. THE MAGICIANS
3. THE DEAD HAND
4. THE EMPEROR
5. THE WAR BEGINS
6. THE FAVORITE
7. BRIBERY
8. TO TRANTOR
9. ON TRANTOR
10. THE WAR ENDS
PART II THE MULE
11. BRIDE AND GROOM
12. CAPTAIN AND MAYOR
13. LIEUTENANT AND CLOWN
14. THE MUTANT
15. THE PSYCHOLOGIST
16. CONFERENCE
17. THE VISI-SONOR
18. FALL OF THE FOUNDATION
19. START OF THE SEARCH
20. CONSPIRATOR
21. INTERLUDE IN SPACE
22. DEATH ON NEOTRANTOR
23. THE RUINS OF TRANTOR
24. CONVERT
25. DEATH OF A PSYCHOLOGIST
26. END OF THE SEARCH




THE STORY BEHIND THE "FOUNDATION"
By ISAAC ASIMOV



The date was August 1, 1941. World War II had been raging for two years. France
had fallen, the Battle of Britain had been fought, and the Soviet Union had just
been invaded by Nazi Germany. The bombing of Pearl Harbor was four months in the
future.
But on that day, with Europe in flames, and the evil shadow of Adolf Hitler