Foundation
Asimov's saga follows mathematician Hari Seldon using psychohistory to predict Empire's fall and shorten dark age. Through Foundation's preservation of knowledge across centuries, it explores history's patterns and individual action versus determinism. The work pioneered galactic-scale storytelling and influenced space opera's development.
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