• Publication: Second FoundationPublication Record # 275329
• Author: Isaac Asimov
• Date: 1984-05-00
• ISBN: 0-345-31800-5 [978-0-345-31800-8]
• Publisher: Del Rey / Ballantine
• Price:
  $2.95^?$: US dollar
• Pages: xviii+233
• Format:
  pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
• Type: COLLECTION
• Cover: Second Foundation (1983) • by Darrell K. Sweet
• Notes:

  • Copyright 1953 by Isaac Asimov.
  • The Story Behind the Foundation by Isaac Asimov copyright 1982 by Davis Publications, Inc.
  • "Based on material originally copyright by Street and Smith Publications, Inc." From copyright page and referring to Second Foundation.
  • First Ballantine Books Edition March 1983.
  • Sixth printing May 1984. {This Publication Record}.
  • "Book Three of the Foundation Trilogy, awarded the Hugo as Best Series Ever!" from the front cover.
  • "The Story Behind the Foundation by Isaac Asimov" starts on page vii.

Contents (view Concise Listing)

• vii • The Story Behind the Foundation • [Asimov's Essays: Own Work] • (1983) • essay by Isaac Asimov (variant of The Story Behind the "Foundation" 1982)
• 1 • Prologue (Second Foundation) • [Foundation (Original Stories) • 6.9] • (1953) • short story by Isaac Asimov
• 7 • Search by the Foundation • [Foundation (Original Stories) • 8] • (1949) • novella by Isaac Asimov (variant of ... And Now You Don't)
• 83 • Search by the Mule • [Foundation (Original Stories) • 7] • (1948) • novella by Isaac Asimov (variant of Now You See It ...)