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Doubleday edition published 1951

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Asimov, Isaac, 1920-

Foundation / Isaac Asimov.

p.         cm.

1.         Seldon, Hari (Fictitious character)—Fiction.         2.         Life on other planets—Fiction.

3.         Psychohistory—Fiction.         I.         Title.

PS3551.S5 F59 2004                                    2003069137

813/.54 22

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