The End of Eternity
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The End of Eternity is a 1955 science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov with mystery and thriller elements on the subjects of time travel and social engineering. Its ultimate premise is that of a causal l
Cover of the first edition
Foundation (novel series)
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The Foundation series is a science fiction novel series written by American author Isaac Asimov. First published as a series of short stories and novellas in 1942–1950, and subsequently in three novel
The End of Eternity
…founded, or to allow the opposite to happen and prevent Eternity from having ever existed. Many years later, Asimov tied this novel into his broader Foundation Series by hinting in Foundation's Edge that it is set in a universe where Eternity had existed, but was destroyed by Eternals, leading to an all-human galaxy…
First edition dust jacket of Foundation
Asimov (right) was inspired by the Future History stories of Heinlein (left – with L. Sprague de Camp in the middle), but self-consciously wrote that his was "not the beautiful job that Heinlein did, but was actually made up 'ad hoc'".