Title: Foundation

Title: Foundation Title Record # 46532
Author: Isaac Asimov
Date: 1942-05-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Series: Foundation (Original Stories)
Series Number: 1
Language: English
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Year	Title
1942	The Encyclopedists

Year	Language	Title
1957^ⓘTranslated by Jean Rosenthal	French	Les encyclopédistes^?Les encyclopedistes
1961^ⓘTranslated by Mariano Orta Manzano and Rafael Orta Manzano	Spanish	Los enciclopedistas
1965^ⓘTranslated by Antonio Ribera Jordá	Spanish	Los enciclopedistas
1966^ⓘTranslated by Wulf H. Bergner.	German	Die Enzyklopädisten
1971^ⓘTranslated by Baranyi Gyula	Hungarian	Az enciklopédisták^?Az enciklopedistak
1972^ⓘTranslated by <a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/se.cgi?arg=Sam%20J.%20Lundwall&type=Name&mode=exact">Sam J. Lundwall</a>	Swedish	Encyklopedisterna
1976^ⓘTranslated by Jack Kröner	Dutch	De encyclopedisten
1976^ⓘTranslated by Pilar Giralt Gorina	Spanish	Los enciclopedistas
1977^ⓘTranslated by Gordana Vučević	Serbian	Enciklopedisti [as by Isak Asimov]
1981^ⓘTranslated by Eva Malsch	German	Basis
1982	Polish	Fundacja
1982^ⓘTranslated by Heinz Nagel	German	Die Stiftung
1984^ⓘTranslated by Barbara Heidkamp	German	Die Enzyklopädisten
1986^ⓘ<ul><li>Translated by Gordana Vučićević </ul>	Serbian	Enciklopedisti
1998^ⓘTranslated by J. Santos Tavares	Portuguese	Os enciclopedistas
2020^ⓘTranslated by Fábio Fernandes	Portuguese	Os enciclopedistas

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
1	2018 Retro Hugo	Best Novelette

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Astounding Science-Fiction, May 1942	1942-05-00	ed. John W. Campbell, Jr.	Street & Smith Publications, Inc.		$0.25^?$: US dollar	132	bedsheet^?8.5" by 11.25" magazines, e.g. early issues of Amazing; or the 1942-43 issues of Astounding.	mag	Hubert Rogers
Astounding Science Fiction, May 1942 (UK)	1942-05-00	ed. John W. Campbell, Jr.	Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd		0/9^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	64	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag
Galactic Empires Volume One	1976-07-00	ed. Brian W. Aldiss	Weidenfeld & Nicolson	0-297-77108-6	£4.95^?£: UK pound	xii+ 338	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Karel Thole
Galactic Empires Volume One	1976-10-00	ed. Brian W. Aldiss	Orbit	0-86007-908-2	£0.85^?£: UK pound	xii+ 338	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.	anth	Karel Thole
Galactic Empires Volume One	1977-10-00	ed. Brian W. Aldiss	St. Martin's Press	0-312-31527-9	$8.95^?$: US dollar	305	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Karel Thole
Galactic Empires, Volume I	1978-04-00	ed. Brian W. Aldiss	St. Martin's Press / SFBC	2456	$4.98^?$: US dollar	xii+ 305	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Karel Thole
Galactic Empires Volume One	1979-02-00	ed. Brian Aldiss	Avon	0-380-42341-3	$2.25^?$: US dollar	xvi+ 331	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.	anth	Alex Ebel
The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 4, 1942	1980-10-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg	DAW Books (DAW Collectors #405)	0-87997-570-9 / UE1570	$2.50^?$: US dollar	448	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.	anth	Antonio Bernal
The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 4, 1942	1980-10-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg	DAW Books / New American Library of Canada	0-87997-570-9	C$2.75^?C$: Canadian dollar	448	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.	anth	Antonio Bernal
Isaac Asimov Presents The Golden Years of Science Fiction: 2nd Series	1983-00-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg	Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers	0-517-41367-1		723	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Galactic Empires	1988-09-00	ed. Brian W. Aldiss	Legend	0-09-952150-4	£4.99^?£: UK pound	xviii+ 650	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.	anth	Chris Foss

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