Fundación e imperio [Paperback]

Isaac Asimov (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1986

Dirigida por su padre fundador, el gran psicohistoriador Hari Seldon, y beneficiada por la ventaja de una ciencia y una tecnología superiores, la Fundación ha sobrevivido a la avaricia de sus belicosos vecinos. Ahora debe enfrentarse al Imperio, que, a pesar de estar exhalando sus últimos suspiros, sigue siendo la fuerza más poderosa de la galaxia. Cuando un general vuelve la flota imperial contra la Fundación, la única esperanza para el pequeño planeta se encuentra en las profecías de Hari Seldon. Pero ni siquiera él podría haber predicho el nacimiento del Mulo, una inteligencia mutante con un poder capaz de convertir al humano de voluntad más férrea en un esclavo. / Led by its founding father, the great psychohistorian Hari Seldon, and taking advantage of its superior science and technology, the Foundation has survived the greed and barbarism of its neighboring warrior-planets. Yet now it must face the Empirestill the mightiest force in the Galaxy even in its death throes. When an ambitious general determined to restore the Empires glory turns the vast Imperial fleet toward the Foundation, the only hope for the small planet of scholars and scientists lies in the prophecies of Hari Seldon.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 326 pages
• Publisher: Plaza & Janes Editories Sa; 3rd edition (1986)
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN-10: 8401463327
• ISBN-13: 978-8401463327
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 4.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,011,094 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Que se puede decir? Solo: EXCELENTE, December 30, 2000

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Roberto Alamos (Antofagasta,Chile) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fundación e imperio (Paperback)

Realmente este libro es excelente,me incito a interesarme mucho mas en los libros de Isaac Asimov y en la ciencia ficcion en general. Esta mal llamada trilogia (son mas de 3 libros) realmente es buenisima,vale la pena leerla. Tal vez mi comentario es un tanto escueto,pero creo que refleja lo que me provoca este libro.Prefiero no entrar en detalles en cuanto a la historia,eso lo dejo para que cada lector lo descubra.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Subtle Story Development Can Lull You into Stalled Thinking, September 22, 2004

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This review is from: Fundacion E Imperio (Paperback)

Ultimately, the hardest decision about the Foundation books is to decide how to read them. Maybe I'm being ridiculous, but I think you will enjoy them more if you read them in the order they were written. If so, this is the second book. If you have not yet read Foundation, then you need to go back and do so before tackling this one.

Your other choice is to read the prequels first, then go onto Foundation. In that case, this is the fourth book you should read.

Whichever choice you make, don't read this book first.

On the surface, Foundation and Empire will seem like an uninspired playing out of Hari Seldon's vision for the future. Ah! But there's much more happening, so pay attention. When you get to the end of the book, you may find you have missed the mainstream and will have to go back. Don't worry, almost everyone has that reaction.

Asimov is a brilliant conceptual writer, but not someone who slaved over every word (in fact, he was famous for writing most of his many books in only 1 or 2 drafts, with little editing after that). This book begins to develop the full Foundation concept in all of its stunning beauty.

In many ways, you will be reading this book from the eyes of the first Foundation. But that's the unimportant one. The real action is with the second Foundation. Be sure to keep that in mind.

When you meet the Mule, don't think of him as an aberration but rather as an extension of today's potential. That will make the book more interesting for you.

Many people find this book to be the least interesting one of the Foundation series. Let me warn you that reading this one will greatly increase your pleasure in the following books beginning with the Second Foundation (which is your next pleasant reading assignment).

Enjoy this irresistible series!

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Uno de los mejores libros de Asimov, March 31, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Fundación e imperio (Paperback)

Uno de los mejores libros de Isaac Asimov. Aqui nos presenta las dos caracteristicas que lo convirtieron en uno (si no el mejor) escritor de ciencia ficcion: una interezante trama y un final inesperado. Tambien tengo que menicionar que Plaza & James nos presenta una excelente traduccion de este libro de I. Asimov. No nos presenta con las traducciones correctas sin utilizar palabras cuyo significado puede no ser el mismo en otros paises del habla español (como si han hecho en otras publicaciones). Lo unico que si me parece innecesario fue la "introduccion" por Carlo Frasetti. Espero que disfruten el libro tanto como yo.