Prelude to foundation /
Isaac Asimov.
- New York : Doubleday, c1988.
- x, 403 p. ; 24 cm.
- (Foundation series) .
"A Foundation Book (New York, N.Y.)."
The year is 12,020 G.E. Emperor Cleon I rules Trantor, a civilization of unimaginable technological and cultural complexity. But among its 40 billion subjects, enemies plot against him. Enter Hari Seldon, a young mathematician -- he holds the key to the future.