Second Foundation

图书标准信息

• 作者 Isaac Asimov 著
• 出版社 Random House US
• 出版时间 1991-10
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780553293364
• 定价 59.80元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 304页
• 正文语种 英语
• 丛书 Foundation Novels (Paperback)

【内容简介】

IsaacAsimov'sFoundationnovelsareoneofthegreatmasterworksofsciencefiction.Asunsurpassedblendofnonstopaction,daringideas,andextensiveworld-building,theychroniclethestruggleofacourageousgroupofmenandwomendedicatedtopreservinghumanity'slightinagalaxyplungedintoanightmareofignoranceandviolencethirtythousandyearslong.

Afteryearsofstruggle,theFoundationliesinruins—destroyedbythemutantmindpoweroftheMule.ButitisrumoredthatthereisaSecondFoundationhiddensomewhereattheendoftheGalaxy,establishedtopreservetheknowledgeofmankindthroughthelongcenturiesofbarbarism.TheMulefailedtofinditthefirsttime—butnowheiscertainheknowswhereitlies.

ThefateoftheFoundationrestsonyoungArcadiaDarell,onlyfourteenyearsoldandburdenedwithaterriblesecret.AsitsscientistsgirdforafinalshowdownwiththeMule,thesurvivorsoftheFirstFoundationbegintheirdesperatesearch.TheytoowanttheSecondFoundationdestroyed…beforeitdestroysthem.

【作者简介】

IsaacAsimovbeganhisFoundationSeriesattheageoftwenty-one,notrealizingthatitwouldonedaybeconsideredacornerstoneofsciencefiction.Duringhislegendarycareer,Asimovpennedpver470booksonsubjectsrangingfromsciencetoShakespearetohistory,thoughhewasmostlovedforhisaward-winningsciencefictionsagas,whichincludetheRobot,Empire,andFoundationseries.NamedaGrandMasterofScienceFictionbytheScienceFictionWritersofAmerica,Asimoventertainedandeducatedreadersofallagesforclosetofivedecasdes.Hedied,atageofseventy-two,inApril1992.