Prelude to Foundation (edit title)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of Prelude to Foundation 3 days ago.

• Suppressing a small yawn, Cleon said, "Demerzel,"Demerzel, have you by any chance ever heard of a man named Hari Seldon?"Seldon?"

Timothy Gray approved Marykay’s request to combine 38 books, including Prelude to Foundation, 3 days ago.

Marykay submitted a request to combine 38 books, including Prelude to Foundation, 3 days ago.

wadie w approved Timothy Gray’s request to change the title of Prelude to Foundation Friday, October 30 2009.

Daniel Z edited the first sentence of Prelude to Foundation Tuesday, October 13 2009.

• Suppressing a small yawn, Cleon said, "Demerzel, have you by any chance ever heard of a man named Hari Seldon?"

Shelfari edited the summary of Prelude to Foundation Saturday, September 26 2009.

• The story takes place on Trantor during the reign of Emperor Cleon I. It starts with Hari's presentation of a paper at a mathematics convention detailing how practical use of psychohistory might theoretically be possible. The Emperor of the Galactic Empire learns of this and wants to use Hari for political gain. After an interview with Hari, however, Cleon concludes that Hari is of no use to the Empire.

  Hari then meets reporter Chetter Hummin, who convinces him that Cleon's first minister Eto Demerzel is attempting to capture him, and that it is therefore imperative for Hari to escape and to try to make psychohistory practical. Thus, Hari goes on his "Flight""Flight" and is introduced to Dors Venabili by Hummin. Hari takes an immediate liking to Dors, and (in a later book) he marries her.

  Hari and Dors narrowly evade capture at Streeling University, following which the pair move to Mycogen. Hari and Dors are welcomed to Mycogen by Sunmaster Fourteen, the leader of Mycogen. Determined to work out his psychohistory with the knowledge that the Mycogenians supposedly possess, Hari decides to speak to a Mycogenian alone about history. He manages this by convincing Raindrop Forty-three to show him the prized Mycogenian microfarms, a prized source of food for the aristocracy and Mycogenians alike.

  When Hari inquires about that the peculiar Mycogenian ways might be the product of religious belief, Raindrop Forty-three is offended and says that the Mycogenians have something better: History. Hari inquires into the source of Mycogenian history and Raindrop Forty-three reveals that it is encompassed in "The book"."The book". Hari asks for the book but Raindrop Forty-three accepts on the condition that Hari allows her to touch his hair; (hair being expressively forbidden in Mycogenian society). When Hari starts reading the book, he finds it disappointing except for the revealing of what the Mycogenians call their home planet, Aurora.

  Hari and Dors are almost killed when they try to find what they suspect is a robot in the Mycogenian "temple""temple" until Hummin arrives in the nick of time to save them. The action then shifts to the Dahl sector, where Dors displays her amazing knife fighting skills. While in Dahl they meet a guttersnipe named Raych (whom Hari later adopts as his son), and Yugo Amaryl (who would become Hari's partner in developing psychohistory).

  Towards the end of the novel, Hari, Dors, and Raych are kidnapped by agents from Wye, a powerful sector situated at Trantor's south pole. The finale reveals that "Hummin""Hummin" is actually Cleon's first minister Eto Demerzel, who we later learn is in fact the robot R. Daneel Olivaw. By the end of the novel, Hari suspects that Dors is a robot, too. This theme would later be picked up in Forward the Foundation.

Ulrich edited the series of Prelude to Foundation Thursday, September 24 2009.

• Added this book in the series: Foundation Universe book 20

Teodora19 edited the characters of Prelude to Foundation Saturday, September 12 2009.

• Changed the section title: Cast of Characters/Important People
• Added the description of Hari Seldon: the protagonist of the story. He develops the theory of psychohistory.
• marked the description of Hari Seldon as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Cleon I: the Emperor of the Galactic Empire
• marked the description of Cleon I as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Eto Demerzel: First Minister of the emperor
• marked the description of Eto Demerzel as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Chetter Hummin: a reporter who runs into Hari
• marked the description of Chetter Hummin as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Dors Venabili: a history professor at the University
• marked the description of Dors Venabili as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Jenarr Leggen: a meteorologist of the University
• marked the description of Jenarr Leggen as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Rogen Benastra: a Chief Seismologist at Streeling University
• marked the description of Rogen Benastra as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Endor Levanian: the pilot who flies Dors and Hari to the Mycogen sector
• marked the description of Endor Levanian as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Sunmaster Fourteen: a High Elder of the Mycogen sector
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• Added the description of Graycloud Five: a novitiate resident of the Mycogen sector
• marked the description of Graycloud Five as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Raindrop Forty-three and Raindrop Forty-five: two Sisters who instruct Dors on the operation of kitchen equipment
• marked the description of Raindrop Forty-three and Raindrop Forty-five as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Mycelium Seventy-Two: a Mycogenian scholar
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• Added the description of Skystrip Two: an Elder of the Sacratorium in Mycogen
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• Added the description of Jirad Tisalver: a resident working as a holovision programmer of the Dahl sector
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• Added the description of Hano Linder: a heatsink manager of the Dahl sector
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• Added the description of Yugo Amaryl: a heatsink worker who aspires to be a mathematician
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• Added the description of Raych: a kid from Billibotton
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• Added the description of Mother Rittah: a local prophet of Billibotton in the Dahl sector
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• Added the description of Davan: a subversive of Billibotton
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• Added the description of Sergeant Emmer Thalus: a soldier
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• Added the description of Rashelle: the daughter of Mannix IV and current mayor of Wye
• marked the description of Rashelle as not a spoiler
• Added the description of R. Daneel Olivaw: the true name of Eto Demerzel and Chetter Hummin. The R stands for robot.
• Added the spoiler-free description of R. Daneel Olivaw: a character
• marked the description of R. Daneel Olivaw as a spoiler

Teodora19 edited the summary of Prelude to Foundation Saturday, September 12 2009.

• The story takes place on Trantor during the reign of Emperor Cleon I. It starts with Hari's presentation of a paper at a mathematics convention detailing how practical use of psychohistory might theoretically be possible. The Emperor of the Galactic Empire learns of this and wants to use Hari for political gain. After an interview with Hari, however, Cleon concludes that Hari is of no use to the Empire.

  Hari then meets reporter Chetter Hummin, who convinces him that Cleon's first minister Eto Demerzel is attempting to capture him, and that it is therefore imperative for Hari to escape and to try to make psychohistory practical. Thus, Hari goes on his "Flight" and is introduced to Dors Venabili by Hummin. Hari takes an immediate liking to Dors, and (in a later book) he marries her.

  Hari and Dors narrowly evade capture at Streeling University, following which the pair move to Mycogen. Hari and Dors are welcomed to Mycogen by Sunmaster Fourteen, the leader of Mycogen. Determined to work out his psychohistory with the knowledge that the Mycogenians supposedly possess, Hari decides to speak to a Mycogenian alone about history. He manages this by convincing Raindrop Forty-three to show him the prized Mycogenian microfarms, a prized source of food for the aristocracy and Mycogenians alike.

  When Hari inquires about that the peculiar Mycogenian ways might be the product of religious belief, Raindrop Forty-three is offended and says that the Mycogenians have something better: History. Hari inquires into the source of Mycogenian history and Raindrop Forty-three reveals that it is encompassed in "The book". Hari asks for the book but Raindrop Forty-three accepts on the condition that Hari allows her to touch his hair; (hair being expressively forbidden in Mycogenian society). When Hari starts reading the book, he finds it disappointing except for the revealing of what the Mycogenians call their home planet, Aurora.

  Hari and Dors are almost killed when they try to find what they suspect is a robot in the Mycogenian "temple" until Hummin arrives in the nick of time to save them. The action then shifts to the Dahl sector, where Dors displays her amazing knife fighting skills. While in Dahl they meet a guttersnipe named Raych (whom Hari later adopts as his son), and Yugo Amaryl (who would become Hari's partner in developing psychohistory).

  Towards the end of the novel, Hari, Dors, and Raych are kidnapped by agents from Wye, a powerful sector situated at Trantor's south pole. The finale reveals that "Hummin" is actually Cleon's first minister Eto Demerzel, who we later learn is in fact the robot R. Daneel Olivaw. By the end of the novel, Hari suspects that Dors is a robot, too. This theme would later be picked up in Forward the Foundation.

Teodora19 edited the quotations of Prelude to Foundation Saturday, September 12 2009.

• Added a quotation: “I have given no hostages to fortune.”
• Added a quotation: “The LPS-that is, ‘the least possible simulation’ – gains in complexity faster than the object being simulated does and eventually the simulation catches up with the phenomenon. Thus, it was established thousands of years ago that the Universe as a whole, in its full complexity, cannot be represented by any simulation smaller than itself. “In other words, you can’t get any picture of the Universe as a whole except by studying the entire Universe. It has been shown also that if one attempts to substitute simulations of a small part, and so on, intending to put them all together to form a total picture of the Universe, one would find that there are an infinite number of such part simulations. It would therefore take an infinite time to understand the Universe in full and that is just another way of saying that it is impossible to gain all the knowledge there is.”
• Added a quotation: “Any memory bit, any record that is not referred to for a long time, eventually drowns in accumulated noise.”
• Added a quotation: “…even if you have right on your side, even if justice thunders condemnation, it is usually the tyranny in existence that has the balance of force on its side.”