Title: Prelude to Foundation

Title: Prelude to Foundation Title Record # 1372
Author: Isaac Asimov
Date: 1988-05-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Foundation
Series Number: 6
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English

Note: Chronologically takes place prior to Foundation.

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Translations

Translated Serializations

Year	Language	Title
1988^ⓘTranslated by Auke Leistra	Dutch	Prelude op de Foundation
1988^ⓘTranslated by Žika Bogdanovići and Mirjana Živković	Serbian	Preludijum za zadužbinu [as by Isak Asimov]
1989^ⓘTranslated by <a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/se.cgi?arg=Heinz%20Zwack&type=Name&mode=exact">Heinz Zwack</a> as Heinz Nagel	German	Die Rettung des Imperiums
1989^ⓘTranslated by Jean Bonnefoy	French	Prélude à fondation^?Prelude a fondation
1989	Italian	Preludio alla Fondazione
1991^ⓘTranslated by Baranyi Gyula	Hungarian	Az Alapítvány előtt^?Az Alapitvany elott
1993^ⓘTranslated by Emilian Bazac	Romanian	Preludiul Fundației^?Preludiul Fundatiei
1994^ⓘTranslated by Anu Niroma	Finnish	Säätiön alkusoitto
1998^ⓘTranslated by J. Santos Tavares	Portuguese	Prelúdio à fundação^?Preludio a fundacao
2013^ⓘTranslated by Henrique B. Szolnoky	Portuguese	Prelúdio à Fundação

Year	Language	Title
1991	Italian	Preludio alla Fondazione (Complete Novel)

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
Nomination	1988 SFBC	The Science Fiction Book Club's Book of the Year Award
4	1989 Locus	Best SF Novel

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Prelude to Foundation	1988-05-00	Isaac Asimov	Doubleday Foundation	0-385-24585-8	$125.00^?$: US dollar	403	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Prelude to Foundation	1988-05-00	Isaac Asimov	Doubleday Foundation	0-385-23313-2	$18.95^?$: US dollar	x+ 403	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Boris Vallejo
Prelude to Foundation	1988-06-00	Isaac Asimov	The Easton Press (Signed First Editions of Science Fiction #1)	106-001	$35.00^?$: US dollar	xviii+ 403	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Prelude to Foundation	1988-08-00	Isaac Asimov	Doubleday Foundation / SFBC	13685	$6.98^?$: US dollar	x+ 432	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Boris Vallejo
Prelude to Foundation	1988-10-00	Isaac Asimov	Grafton	0-246-13048-2	£11.95^?£: UK pound	461	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Tim White
Prelude to Foundation	1989-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Grafton	0-586-07111-3	£3.50^?£: UK pound	460	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Tim White
Prelude to Foundation	1989-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Bantam Spectra	0-553-27839-8	$4.95^?$: US dollar	x+ 434	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Will Cormier
Prelude to Foundation	1989-04-00	Isaac Asimov	Bantam Spectra	0-553-27839-8	$4.95^?$: US dollar	x+ 434	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Will Cormier
Prelude to Foundation	1989-10-26	Isaac Asimov	Grafton	0-586-07111-3	£3.99^?£: UK pound	460	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Tim White
Prelude to Foundation	1990-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Grafton	0-586-07111-3	£3.99^?£: UK pound	460	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Tim White
Prelude to Foundation	1991-10-00	Isaac Asimov	Bantam Spectra	0-553-27839-8	$5.99^?$: US dollar	434	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Steve Youll
Prelude to Foundation	1991-12-00	Isaac Asimov	Doubleday (The Isaac Asimov Collection)	0-385-43301-2	$12.95^?$: US dollar	x+ 403	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Steve Youll
Prelude to Foundation	1994-08-00	Isaac Asimov	HarperCollins (UK)	0-586-07111-3	£5.99^?£: UK pound	460	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Fred Gambino
Prelude to Foundation	2004-09-00	Isaac Asimov	Bantam Spectra	0-553-27839-8	$7.99^?$: US dollar	493	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Stephen Youll
Prelude to Foundation	2004-09-00	Isaac Asimov	Bantam Spectra	0-553-27839-8	$7.99^?$: US dollar	493	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Stephen Youll
Prelude to Foundation	2008-06-26	Isaac Asimov	Paw Prints	978-1-4395-0717-9	$16.99^?$: US dollar		hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Stephen Youll
Prelude to Foundation	2012-03-14	Isaac Asimov	Ballantine Books	978-0-553-90095-8	$7.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel	Steve Youll
Prelude to Foundation	2016-11-17	Isaac Asimov	Harper Voyager (UK)	978-0-00-811748-1	£8.99^?£: UK pound	402	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Mike Topping
Prelude to Foundation	2020-12-15	Isaac Asimov	Del Rey	978-0-593-15997-2	$17.00^?$: US dollar	448	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
Prelude to Foundation	2021-09-16	Isaac Asimov	Harper Voyager (UK)	978-0-00-738482-2	£6.49^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
Prelude to Foundation	date unknown	Isaac Asimov	Grafton	0-586-07111-3	£4.99^?£: UK pound	460	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Tim White
Prelude to Foundation	date unknown	Isaac Asimov	HarperCollins (UK)	978-0-586-07111-3	£8.99^?£: UK pound	460	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Fred Gambino
Prelude to Foundation	date unknown	Isaac Asimov	Bantam Spectra	0-553-27839-8	$6.99^?$: US dollar	x+ 434	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Stephen Youll
Prelude to Foundation	date unknown	Isaac Asimov	Bantam Spectra	0-553-27839-8	$4.95^?$: US dollar	x+ 434	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Will Cormier

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Reviews

Review by Dan Chow (1988) in Locus, #328 May 1988
Review by Darrell Schweitzer (1988) in Aboriginal Science Fiction, September-October 1988
Review by Orson Scott Card (1988) in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September 1988
Review by W. Paul Ganley (1988) in Fantasy Mongers Quarterly, #27 Autumn 1988
Review by Thomas A. Easton [as by Tom Easton] (1989) in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, February 1989
Review by Barbara Davies (1989) in Vector 148
Review by Ken Brown (1989) in Interzone, #28 March-April 1989
Review [French] by Charles Moreau (1989) in Fiction, #409
Review by Angus Taylor (1989) in Foundation, #44 Winter 1988/89
Review by Colin Steele (1990) in SF Commentary, #68
Review by L. J. Hurst (1990) in Paperback Inferno, #84