Foundation and Earth

By (author): "Isaac Asimov"
Genres:Fantasy books  Fiction books  Adventure books  Classics books  Science Fiction Fantasy books  Science Fiction books  Space books  Space Opera books  Novels books  Speculative Fiction books  
Publish Date: 1986
Foundation and Earth
ISBN0385233124
ISBN139780385233125
AsinFoundation and Earth
CharactersGolan Trevize, Janov Pelorat, Blissenobiarella
Original titleFoundation and Earth
SeriesFoundation (Publication Order) #5, Foundation (Chronological Order) #7, Foundation Universe ,
Isaac Asimov. Foundation and Earth. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1986. First edition. Octavo. 356 pages.The fifth novel in Asimov's popular Foundation series opens with second thoughts. Councilman Golan Trevize is wondering if he was right to choose a collective mind as the best possible future for humanity over the anarchy of contentious individuals, nations and planets. To test his conclusion, he decides he must know the past and goes in search of legendary Earth, all references to which have been erased from galactic libraries. The societies encountered along the way become arguing points in a book-long colloquy about man's fate, conducted by Trevize and traveling companion Bliss, who is part of the first world/mind, Gaia.