At last, the costly and bitter war between the two Foundations had come to an end. The scientists of the First Foundation had proved victorious; and now they retum to Hari Seldon's long-established plan to build a new Empire that the Second Foundation is not destroyed after all-and that its still-defiant survivors are preparing their revenge. Now the two exiled citizens of the Foundation-a renegade Councilman and the doddering historian-set out in search of the mythical planet Earth. . .and proof that the Second Foundation still exists. Meanwhile someone-or something-outside of both Foundations sees to be orchestrating events to suit its own ominous purpose. Soon representatives of both the First and Second Foundations will find themselves racing toward a mysterious world called Gaia and a final shocking destiny at the very end of the universe!
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作者:艾萨克·阿西莫夫(1920-1992)
俄裔美籍作家,被全世界的读者誉为“神一样的人”;美国政府授予他“国家的资源与自然的奇迹”这个独一无二的称号,以表彰他在“拓展人类想象力”上做出的杰出贡献。
阿西莫夫是一个全知全能的作家,其著作几乎覆盖人类生活的一切方面,上天下海、古往今来、 从恐龙到亚原子到全宇宙无所不包,从通俗小说到罗马帝国史,从科普读物到远东千年历史,从圣经指南,到科学指南,到两性生活指南,每一部著作都朴实、严谨而又充满幽默风趣的格调,为了尽情发挥自己诙谐搞笑的天赋,他甚至还写过一本《笑话集》。
到了晚年,他开始变得“好色”,出版了一系列两性话题的“黄书”。
他提出的“机器人学三定律”是当代机器人研究的基本法则,他预言了今天的生物科技,预言了互联网时代的数字图书馆,预言了人类将进行太空殖民。
终其一生,阿西莫夫最引以为豪的则是:《银河帝国》系列小说。
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译者:叶李华
一九六二年生,台湾大学电机系毕业,加州大学柏克莱分校理论物理博士,致力推广中文科幻与通俗科学二十余年,相关著作与译作数十册。自一九九○年起,即透过各种管道译介、导读及讲授阿西莫夫作品,被誉为“阿西莫夫在中文世界的代言人”。
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一个社会都会自行创造自己的历史,也都喜欢湮灭卑微的出身,消极的做法是任其渐渐被人遗忘,积极的做法是虚构出一些英雄事迹。
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