Title: The Story Behind the "Foundation"

Title: The Story Behind the "Foundation" Title Record # 2658259
Author: Isaac Asimov
Date: 1982-12-00
Type: ESSAY
Series: Asimov's Essays: Own Work
Language: English
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1983^ⓘThis is the original 1982 essay. It should not be merged with the 1986 one which has the same name but contains details about the novel "Foundation and Earth".	The Story Behind the Foundation

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, December 1982	1982-12-00	ed. Kathleen Moloney	Davis Publications		$1.95^?$: US dollar	196	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag
Foundation and Empire	1983-03-00	Isaac Asimov	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-30900-6	$2.75^?$: US dollar	234	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.	coll	Darrell K. Sweet
Second Foundation	1983-03-00	Isaac Asimov	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-30901-4	$2.75^?$: US dollar	233	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.	coll	Darrell K. Sweet
Foundation	1983-03-00	Isaac Asimov	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-30899-9	$2.75^?$: US dollar	236	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.	coll	Darrell K. Sweet
Foundation	1983-07-00	Isaac Asimov	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-30899-9	$2.75^?$: US dollar	236	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.	coll	Darrell K. Sweet
The Foundation Trilogy	1983-11-00	Isaac Asimov	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-31205-8	$8.95^?$: US dollar	xiii+ 510	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni	Don Dixon
Foundation	1984-04-00	Isaac Asimov	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-31798-X	$2.95^?$: US dollar	xvii+ 236	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.	coll	Darrell K. Sweet
Foundation	1984-04-00	Isaac Asimov	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-31798-X	$2.95^?$: US dollar	xvii+ 236	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.	coll	Darrell K. Sweet
Second Foundation	1984-05-00	Isaac Asimov	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-31800-5	$2.95^?$: US dollar	xviii+ 233	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.	coll	Darrell K. Sweet
Foundation and Empire	1984-05-00	Isaac Asimov	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-31799-8	$2.95^?$: US dollar	234	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.	coll	Darrell K. Sweet
Foundation	1984-07-12	Isaac Asimov	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-31798-X	$2.95^?$: US dollar	xvii+ 236	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.	coll	Darrell K. Sweet
Foundation	1985-12-12	Isaac Asimov	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-33478-7	$3.50^?$: US dollar	xvii+ 236	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.	coll	Darrell K. Sweet
Foundation and Empire	1986-09-00	Isaac Asimov	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-33628-3	$3.95^?$: US dollar	xviii+ 285	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.	coll	Michael Whelan
Second Foundation	1986-09-00	Isaac Asimov	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-33629-1	$3.95^?$: US dollar	286	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.	coll	Michael Whelan
Second Foundation	1987-10-00	Isaac Asimov	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-33629-1	$3.95^?$: US dollar	282	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.	coll	Michael Whelan
Foundation and Empire	1987-10-00	Isaac Asimov	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-33628-3	$3.95^?$: US dollar	xvii+ 285	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.	coll	Michael Whelan
The Foundation Trilogy	1988-00-00	Isaac Asimov	The Easton Press (The Masterpieces of Science Fiction)			xiii+ 510+ [3]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
Foundation and Empire	1989-03-00	Isaac Asimov	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-33628-3	$5.95^?$: US dollar	xviii+ 285	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.	coll	Michael Whelan
Second Foundation	1989-03-00	Isaac Asimov	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-33629-1	$5.95^?$: US dollar	282	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.	coll	Michael Whelan

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