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Forward the Foundation

Forward the Foundation
Isaac Asimov

Forward the Foundation is a novel by American writer Isaac Asimov, published posthumously in 1993. It is the second of two prequels to the Foundation Series. It is written in much the same style as the original novel Foundation, a novel composed of chapters with long intervals in between. Both books were first published as independent short stories in science fiction magazines.

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“Intuition is the art, peculiar to the human mind, of working out the correct answer from data that is, in itself, incomplete or even, perhaps, misleading.”

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“Goodbye, Hari, my love. Remember always--all you did for me.”
           
-I did nothing for you.”
           
-You loved me and your love made me--human.”

Isaac Asimov book Forward the Foundation

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“This - this - was my life's work. My past - humanity's future. Foundation. So beatiful. So alive. And nothing can...Dors!”

Isaac Asimov book Forward the Foundation

The Foundation series (1951–1993), Forward the Foundation (1993)
Source: Part 5 "Epilogue", Hari Seldon's last words

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“Seldon found himself raging at the passage of time.”

Isaac Asimov book Forward the Foundation

Source: The Foundation series (1951–1993), Forward the Foundation (1993), Part 1 "Eto Demerzel", Chapter 5

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