O'Keefe, Meghan (September 16, 2021). " 'Foundation' on Apple TV+: How David S. Goyer Worked With the Asimov Estate to Update the Sci-Fi Classic". Decider. Archived from the original on October 4, 2021 . Retrieved October 3, 2021. The Elijah Baley series (which obliquely tells the story of Earth's first robotic forays into space) In 1996 "The Mule" was retrospectively awarded a Hugo Award for best novel of 1945. The Foundation trilogy, of which Foundation and Empire is the second book, won a Hugo Award in 1966 for Best All-Time Series.

In The Stars Like Dust everybody knows that the radioactive Earth was the original home world of humans. Only a part of the galaxy has been explored and colonized yet. Paul Krugman, winner of the 2008 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, credits the Foundation series with turning his mind to economics, as the closest existing science to psychohistory. [19] [20] Laura Birn as Eto Demerzel, majordomo to the Emperors and one of the last surviving androids from the ancient Robot WarsFor starters, Dawn and Sareth's absconsion is a worrying prospect – Sareth is pregnant with Dawn's child, meaning their firstborn has a claim to the Empire's throne. With Foundation season 3 expected to jump ahead 150 years, it's more likely we'll see the child's next of kin make a play for the royal seat if this particular narrative is part of Goyer's wider plan for the series. In the second half of 'Foundation and Empire', the second novel in Asismov's Foundation book trilogy, the Empire is engulfed by civil war. This is a plot point Goyer could adapt for a showdown between Dawn and Sareth's bloodline and the Cleonic dynasty.

Fleming, Mike Jr.; Andreeva, Nellie (April 10, 2018). "Apple Lands Isaac Asimov 'Foundation' TV Series From David Goyer & Josh Friedman". Deadline. Archived from the original on September 21, 2018 . Retrieved August 23, 2018. Pederson, Eric (March 8, 2022). "VES Awards: 'Dune' & 'Encanto' Lead With Four Wins Each; 'Foundation' Tops TV – Full Winners List". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on March 9, 2022 . Retrieved March 9, 2022. Rich Drees (2008-07-29). " 'Foundation' Heading To Big Screen". Film Buff OnLine . Retrieved 2008-07-29. Pedersen, Erik (January 24, 2022). "Golden Reel Awards: Sound Editors Crank Up Nominations For 69th Annual Ceremony". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on January 25, 2022 . Retrieved January 24, 2022.The premise of the stories is that in the waning days of a future Galactic Empire, the mathematician Hari Seldon spends his life developing a theory of psychohistory, a new and effective mathematics of sociology. Using statistical laws of mass action, it can predict the future of large populations. Seldon foresees the imminent fall of the Empire, which encompasses the entire Milky Way, and a Dark Age lasting 30,000 years before a second empire arises. Although the momentum of the Empire's fall is too great to stop, Seldon devises a plan by which "the onrushing mass of events must be deflected just a little" to eventually limit this interregnum to just one thousand years. a b "Lovin Malta interview with David Goyer". YouTube. January 27, 2021. Archived from the original on June 20, 2021 . Retrieved February 12, 2021.

Hari, Gaal, and Salvor discover a colony of Mentalics with psionic abilities that threaten to alter psychohistory itself. The Foundation has entered its religious phase, promulgating the Church of Seldon throughout the Outer Reach and inciting the Second Crisis: war with Empire. Foundation' Co-Showrunner Josh Friedman Departs Apple Drama (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. 18 April 2019 . Retrieved 2019-05-04.Asimov, Isaac (2004-06-01). Second Foundation. Random House Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-553-90036-1.