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Title: The Story Behind the Foundation

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Title: The Story Behind the Foundation Title Record # 2657758
Author: Isaac Asimov
Date: 1986-10-03
Type: ESSAY
Language: English
Note: This essay is written in 1986 for the first edition of "Foundation and Earth". It shares its name with an essay written in 1982 but contains different details and should not be merged with the other one. For comparison purposes, see an extract of the 1986 essay here.
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Translations
Year Language Title
1986 Serbian
Istorija ciklusa o Zadužbini?Istorija ciklusa o Zaduzbini
[as by Isak Asimov]
1987Translated by Heinz Nagel
German Die Geschichte hinter der Foundation (Die Rückkehr zur Erde)
1987Translated by Jan Koesen
Dutch Het verhaal achter de Foundation
1987Translated by an uncredited hand, possibly Piero Anselmi
Italian La storia dietro la Fondazione (Fondazione e Terra)

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Foundation and Earth 1986-00-00 Isaac Asimov Doubleday / BCE     356
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel Alan Wallerstein Checkmark
Foundation and Earth 1986-10-03 Isaac Asimov Doubleday & Company 0-385-23312-4
$16.95?$: US dollar
356
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel Alan Wallerstein Checkmark
Foundation and Earth 1986-10-03 Isaac Asimov Doubleday 0-385-23709-X
$75.00?$: US dollar
356
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel Checkmark
Foundation and Earth 1986-10-09 Isaac Asimov Grafton 0-246-13047-4
£10.95?£: UK pound
462+
[2]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel Tim White Checkmark
Foundation and Earth 1987-08-00 Isaac Asimov Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-35142-8
$4.95?$: US dollar
494
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 Michael Whelan Checkmark
Foundation and Earth 1987-10-00 Isaac Asimov Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-33996-7
C$6.95?C$: Canadian dollar
xii+
494
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 Michael Whelan Checkmark
Foundation and Earth 1989-02-00 Isaac Asimov Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-33996-7
$4.95?$: US dollar
xii+
494
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 Michael Whelan Checkmark
Foundation and Earth 1991-10-00 Isaac Asimov Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-33996-7
$5.95?$: US dollar
xii+
495
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 Michael Whelan Checkmark
Foundation and Earth 1993-01-00 Isaac Asimov Doubleday & Company / SFBC 05542
$8.98?$: US dollar
356
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel Bob Eggleton Checkmark
Foundation and Earth 1993-12-00 Isaac Asimov Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-33996-7
$5.95?$: US dollar
xii+
495
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 Michael Whelan Checkmark
Foundation and Earth 2004-09-00 Isaac Asimov Bantam Spectra 0-553-58757-9
$7.99?$: US dollar
499
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 Michael Whelan Checkmark
Foundation and Earth 2004-09-00 Isaac Asimov Bantam Spectra 0-553-58757-9
$7.99?$: US dollar
499
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 Michael Whelan  
Foundation and Earth 2016-10-20 Isaac Asimov Harper Voyager (UK) 978-0-00-811753-5
£8.99?£: UK pound
[xi]+
449
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 Shutterstock.com , Mike Topping Checkmark
Foundation and Earth date unknown Isaac Asimov Bantam Spectra 0-553-58757-9
$7.99?$: US dollar
499
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 Michael Whelan  
Foundation and Earth date unknown Isaac Asimov HarperCollins (UK) 978-0-586-07110-6
£8.99?£: UK pound
510
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 Checkmark
Foundation and Earth date unknown Isaac Asimov Bantam Spectra 0-553-58757-9
$7.99?$: US dollar
499
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 Michael Whelan Checkmark
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