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More info A masterpiece of science fiction of the Golden Age. The main work of Isaac Asimov. The first Academy trilogy (Academy, Academy and Empire, Second Academy) won the Hugo Award in 1965 for Best Book Series of All Time. The literary basis for the new Apple TV + series! The «Academy» abstract is the first in a series of novels set in such a distant future that the Earth is almost forgotten by people who have settled throughout the galaxy. But not everything is perfect in the Galactic Empire, whose colossal size is only to its detriment. The planets, where the entire imperial bureaucratic machine is concentrated, are vulnerable to attack, both from the outside and from the inside. The monstrous distance between the center and the periphery of the Empire renders governance ineffective. The only person ready to face the impending catastrophe is Gary Seldon, a psychohistorian and mathematician. With the help of psychohistory, he makes disappointing predictions, namely, new «Dark Ages», which will throw humanity back 500 years, plunging it into an era of barbarism. Seldon is working on a way to preserve knowledge of his race in the Galactic Encyclopedia. But this project will take many generations to complete, and who will take over after Seldon? The first Academy trilogy (Academy, Academy and Empire, Second Academy) won the 1965 Hugo Award for Best Book Series of All Time.
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