Mass Market Paperback, 434 pages
English language
Published Sept. 17, 1994 by Bantam Spectra.
During the whole Foundation series, one man has always had his hand in the development of a galaxy. Merely hinted at in previous books, visited off and on for historical background - finally here delved into as deep as one can go - the demystified Hari Seldon. This follows about 40 years of his life, and traces his progress in the development of Psychohistory - the pseudo-mathematical science that would one day save the galaxy.
If you have read the Foundation series, either in it's entirety or just pieces, this is a must read. It also (if memory serves) is the last book Asimov wrote before his death - the final pages describing Hari Seldon's final moments of life mirroring his own. A truly beautiful read.
J’ai préféré ce volume à Prélude à Fondation mais ils partagent tous les deux la même faiblesse dans l’écriture et le rythme. Cependant j’ai trouvé que celui ci était beaucoup plus intéressant dans ce qu’il développait sur les origines de la psycho histoire et sur un Hari Sheldon beaucoup plus mature bien qu’un peu constamment mou et abattu. La fin rattrape à nouveau beaucoup une première partie assez faible.
