![]() ![]() ![]() Disch praised these novels for powerfully evoking the "gasp of wonder was the Asimovian grail." The trilogy, based on stories originally published in Astounding Science Fiction between 1942-50, not only set the standard for all "future histories" to follow but also helped secure Asimov's status as a genre giant: "for five decades his was the voice to which science fiction came down in the end" (Clute & Nicholls, 58). ![]() Critic and fellow science fiction writer Thomas M. Winner of a special 1966 Hugo Award for "Best All-Time Series"-an award even Asimov believed had been created solely to honor Tolkien's Lord of the Rings-this epic saga transposes Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire into a futuristic key. Octavo, original dark blue cloth, red cloth, and light blue boards, original dust jackets.įirst editions, first issues, preceding the first collected edition by over a decade, of "one of the most influential works of modern science fiction" (Chronology of American Literature). "THAT GASP OF WONDER THAT WAS THE ASIMOVIAN GRAIL": FIRST EDITIONS OF ASIMOV'S ORIGINAL FOUNDATION TRILOGYĪSIMOV, Isaac. ![]()
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