FOUNDATION AND EMPIRE
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Doubleday edition published 1952
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Asimov, Isaac, 1920-
Foundation and empire / Isaac Asimov.
p. cm.
1. Seldon, Hari (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 2. Life on other planets—Fiction. 3. Psychohistory—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3551.S5 F596 2004 2003069136
813/.54 22
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