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Second Foundation

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Asimov's Foundation series follows a plan to shorten the dark age after a galactic empire collapses. This third book turns on a hunt for a rumoured second group of scientists, said to be guarding the plan from somewhere unknown.

First published
1952
Pace
Medium
Length
Short
Pages
254
Format
Book 3 of 7 in Foundation

Read this if you like classic idea-driven science fiction where clever people outwit each other and the twists are intellectual.

Skip this if you want action or rounded characters, or you have not read the earlier Foundation books.

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