bThe original trilogy of Isaac Asimov's bestselling science fiction masterpiece, the Foundation series, in a striking boxed set package pTHE EPIC SAGA THAT INSPIRED THE APPLE TV SERIES iFOUNDATIONi, NOW STREAMING - Nominated as one of America's best-loved series by PBS's iThe Great American Readib pFor twelve thousand years the Galactic Empire has ruled supreme. Now it is dying. But only Hari Seldon, creator of the revolutionary science of psychohistory, can see into the future--to a dark age of ignorance, barbarism, and warfare that will last thirty thousand years. To preserve knowledge and save humankind, Seldon gathers the best minds in the Empire--both scientists and scholars--and brings them to a bleak planet at the edge of the galaxy to serve as a beacon of hope for future generations. He calls his sanctuary the Foundation. pCollected in this boxed set, iFoundation, Foundation and Empire, and Second Foundationi form the celebrated original trilogy that started it all. One of the