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* AbsentAliens: Humanity is the only sentient species in the galaxy, unless you count [[spoiler: robots, Gaians, or Solarians]]. It's explicit (in ''Literature/TheSecondFoundationTrilogy'') that every other sentient species in the galaxy had been killed off before they encountered humans. It's implied (in ''Literature/FoundationsEdge'') that the current timeline was selected because the galaxy is absent of sapient alien species. These two facts are not exactly contradictions, because timeline manipulation would allow for a reality where aliens had been killed off before humans encountered them. However, the galaxy is not the universe.
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* AbsentAliens: Humanity is the only sentient species in the galaxy, unless you count [[spoiler: robots, Gaians, or the transhuman Solarians]]. It's explicit (in ''Literature/TheSecondFoundationTrilogy'') that every other sentient species in the galaxy had been killed off before they encountered humans. It's implied {{implied}} (in ''Literature/FoundationsEdge'') that the current timeline was selected because the galaxy is absent of sapient alien species. These two facts are not exactly contradictions, because timeline manipulation would allow for a reality where aliens had been killed off before humans encountered them. However, the galaxy is not the universe. Also, it's a PlotPoint during the climax of ''Literature/FoundationAndEarth'' that AbsentAliens only applies to the Milky Way, and just because there aren't any aliens in ''this'' galaxy, it doesn't mean that aliens don't exist in other galaxies.
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** While the empire that based their capital on Terminus is ascendant, they name their calendar Foundation Era. Year 1 of the Foundation Era begins when they [[FoundingDay establish the Encyclopedia Foundation on Terminus]] in 12,069 GE.
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** While the empire that based their its capital on Trantor is ascendant, the calendar used across the galaxy is the Galactic Era. Year 1 of the Galactic Era begins around 12,000 years before any of the ''Foundation'' stories, and thousands of years in our future.
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* WhatOtherGalaxies: {{Enforced}}. The stories originally handle the difference between the Milky Way galaxy and the universe (including multiple galaxies) correctly, but {{Tagline}}s and back cover blurbs from Panther and Avon conflate the two as if they were synonymous. However, it must be noted that the Milky Way is the only galaxy in terms of plot throughout the whole saga. It's {{lampshaded}} in ''Literature/FoundationAndEarth'' that humankind has the narcissistic tendency to believe its home galaxy is the only important bit of the universe.
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Because of Dr Asimov's tendency towards BeigeProse and focus on [[AsimovsThreeKindsOfScienceFiction social conflicts instead of action conflicts]], adapting these works into a visual medium has proven difficult. A live-action adaptation has been in the works (by one company or another) for [[DevelopmentHell over ten years]].
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* AbsentAliens: Humanity is the only sentient species in the galaxy, unless you count [[spoiler:robots, Gaians, or Solarians]], which are all of human origin.
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* ArtificialGravity: Technology based on the principles of gravity first appear in "Literature/ThePsychohistorians", with an elevator functioning based on gravitic repulsion. Future engineers don't seem to develop it much further until five hundred years later, in ''Literature/FoundationsEdge'', where anti-gravity is worked into the basis for a ReactionlessDrive.
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* ALongTimeAgoInAGalaxyFarFarAway: This series is set so far into TheFuture that the Milky Way Galaxy has been fully colonized, but Earth has been lost to human knowledge, leading to a setting where at least two subspecies of humanity have developed. Later in the series, the protagonists embark on a search to find the origin planet of humanity, and eventually succeed.
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->''"Terminus and its companion Foundation at the other end of the Galaxy are the seeds of the Renaissance and the future founders of the Second Galactic Empire."''
-->--'''Hari Seldon''', "Literature/TheEncyclopedists"
Creator/IsaacAsimov's ScienceFiction [[TheEpic Epic Narrative]] about the [[VestigialEmpire decline and fall]] of one [[GalacticSuperpower galaxy-spanning empire]], and [[RisingEmpire the rise of the next one]]. It's [[InspiredBy loosely based on]] Creator/EdwardGibbon's ''Literature/TheDeclineAndFallOfTheRomanEmpire'' [-[[RecycledInSpace IN SPACE]]-]. Originally a series of [[ShortStory short fiction tales]], Dr Asimov also developed {{Novel}}-length continuations. Both he and his estate have authorized other creators to expand the series with additional stories and to adapt this work into other mediums.
Because of Dr Asimov's tendency towards BeigeProse and focus on [[AsimovsThreeKindsOfScienceFiction social conflicts instead of action conflicts]], adapting these works into a visual medium has proven difficult. A live-action adaptation has been in the works (by one company or another) for [[DevelopmentHell over ten years]].
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!!Mediums of ''Foundation'’:
[[index]] %%Works/Mediums in alphabetical order
* ''Literature/FoundationSeries'' -- The original {{Literature}} works by [[Creator/IsaacAsimov Dr Asimov]] and friends.
* ''Radio/TheFoundationTrilogy'' -- {{Radio}} {{Dramatization}} by [[Creator/TheBBC BBC Radio]].
* ''Manga/GingaTeikokuKouboushi'' -- {{Manga}} by Creator/SideRanch.
* ''Literature/WilliamShatnerAndLeonardNimoyReadFourScienceFictionClassics'' -- Audiobook adaptation read by Creator/WilliamShatner.
[[/index]]
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!!The multimedia franchise ''Foundation'' provides examples of:
* AbsentAliens: Humanity is the only sentient species in the galaxy, unless you count [[spoiler:robots, Gaians, or Solarians]], which are all of human origin.
* AlternativeCalendar:
** While the empire that based their capital on Trantor is ascendant, the calendar used across the galaxy is the Galactic Era. Year 1 of the Galactic Era begins around 12,000 years before any of the ''Foundation'' stories, and thousands of years in our future.
** While the empire that based their capital on Terminus is ascendant, they name their calendar Foundation Era. Year 1 of the Foundation Era begins when they [[FoundingDay establish the Encyclopedia Foundation on Terminus]] in 12,069 GE.
* AudioAdaptation:
** Creator/RandomHouse made an audiobook adaptation of the ''Literature/{{Foundation|Series}}'' series in 2010, with Creator/ScottBrick as narrator.
** ''Radio/TheFoundationTrilogy'': This is an adaptation of ''Literature/TheFoundationTrilogy'' by Creator/TheBBC Radiophonic Workshop for {{Radio}} with a [[{{Dramatization}} full cast for the characters]], sound effects, and with stereophonic radio (one of the BBC's first ever).
** ''Literature/WilliamShatnerAndLeonardNimoyReadFourScienceFictionClassics'': Creator/WilliamShatner reads [[AdaptationDistillation abridged]] versions of "Literature/ThePsychohistorians" and "Literature/MimsyWereTheBorogoves", and Creator/LeonardNimoy reads [[AdaptationDistillation abridged]] versions of ''Literature/TheMartianChronicles'' and "Literature/TheGreenHillsOfEarth".
* ComicBookAdaptation: ''Manga/GingaTeikokuKouboushi'': The Asimov estate authorized a small Japanese manga company (Creator/SideRanch) to produce this manga-style adaptation to the ''Literature/{{Foundation|Series}}'' series.
* TheFuture: This series takes place in a galactic civilization so old that concepts like the laws of thermodynamics are considered to be "prehistoric" in origin. The origin of the human species is unknown; characters speculate on which part of the galaxy the oldest settlements are in, and some scientists propose that humans evolved independently on thousands of different worlds. Earth does eventually turn out to be the home of the human race, but this never becomes common knowledge. The first book takes place about [[TenThousandYears 25,000 years from now]].
* GalacticSuperpower: [[Creator/IsaacAsimov Dr Asimov's]] franchise begins in a Milky Way with millions of inhabited planets. These planets are all ruled by Trantor, the inhabited planet closest to the galactic core. [[VestigialEmpire As the government's ability to function declines]], a new colony is built on Terminus, a planet at the outermost edge of the galaxy. Hari Seldon [[ThePlan plans]] for this world to become the nucleus of a Second Galactic Empire, [[RisingEmpire rising to conquer the entire galaxy]] within 1,000 years. The series only covers [[DashedPlotLine a few centuries]] before a GalacticConqueror with [[OutsideContextProblem unforeseen abilities]] disrupts Seldon's Plan.
* {{Narrator}}:
** ''Manga/GingaTeikokuKouboushi'': The original works constantly use an omniscient third-person narration to establish character thoughts and body language, but this adaptation greatly restricts its use (not counting the ''[[EncyclopediaExposita Encyclopedia Galactica]]'' entry at the start of each storyarc). When there is narration, the text is rendered in a rectangular box.
** ''Radio/TheFoundationTrilogy'': The ''[[EncyclopediaExposita Encyclopedia Galactica]]'' is read by a narrator with [[StockSoundEffects a teletype machine in the background]] and in a [[ComputerVoice monotone voice artificially adjusted to sound more computery]]. The original work's third-person narration is removed, [[NarratingTheObvious leaving characters to comment on each other's actions]].
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-->--'''Hari Seldon''', "Literature/TheEncyclopedists"
Creator/IsaacAsimov's ScienceFiction [[TheEpic Epic Narrative]] about the [[VestigialEmpire decline and fall]] of one [[GalacticSuperpower galaxy-spanning empire]], and [[RisingEmpire the rise of the next one]]. It's [[InspiredBy loosely based on]] Creator/EdwardGibbon's ''Literature/TheDeclineAndFallOfTheRomanEmpire'' [-[[RecycledInSpace IN SPACE]]-]. Originally a series of [[ShortStory short fiction tales]], Dr Asimov also developed {{Novel}}-length continuations. Both he and his estate have authorized other creators to expand the series with additional stories and to adapt this work into other mediums.
Because of Dr Asimov's tendency towards BeigeProse and focus on [[AsimovsThreeKindsOfScienceFiction social conflicts instead of action conflicts]], adapting these works into a visual medium has proven difficult. A live-action adaptation has been in the works (by one company or another) for [[DevelopmentHell over ten years]].
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!!Mediums of ''Foundation'’:
[[index]] %%Works/Mediums in alphabetical order
* ''Literature/FoundationSeries'' -- The original {{Literature}} works by [[Creator/IsaacAsimov Dr Asimov]] and friends.
* ''Radio/TheFoundationTrilogy'' -- {{Radio}} {{Dramatization}} by [[Creator/TheBBC BBC Radio]].
* ''Manga/GingaTeikokuKouboushi'' -- {{Manga}} by Creator/SideRanch.
* ''Literature/WilliamShatnerAndLeonardNimoyReadFourScienceFictionClassics'' -- Audiobook adaptation read by Creator/WilliamShatner.
[[/index]]
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!!The multimedia franchise ''Foundation'' provides examples of:
* AbsentAliens: Humanity is the only sentient species in the galaxy, unless you count [[spoiler:robots, Gaians, or Solarians]], which are all of human origin.
* AlternativeCalendar:
** While the empire that based their capital on Trantor is ascendant, the calendar used across the galaxy is the Galactic Era. Year 1 of the Galactic Era begins around 12,000 years before any of the ''Foundation'' stories, and thousands of years in our future.
** While the empire that based their capital on Terminus is ascendant, they name their calendar Foundation Era. Year 1 of the Foundation Era begins when they [[FoundingDay establish the Encyclopedia Foundation on Terminus]] in 12,069 GE.
* AudioAdaptation:
** Creator/RandomHouse made an audiobook adaptation of the ''Literature/{{Foundation|Series}}'' series in 2010, with Creator/ScottBrick as narrator.
** ''Radio/TheFoundationTrilogy'': This is an adaptation of ''Literature/TheFoundationTrilogy'' by Creator/TheBBC Radiophonic Workshop for {{Radio}} with a [[{{Dramatization}} full cast for the characters]], sound effects, and with stereophonic radio (one of the BBC's first ever).
** ''Literature/WilliamShatnerAndLeonardNimoyReadFourScienceFictionClassics'': Creator/WilliamShatner reads [[AdaptationDistillation abridged]] versions of "Literature/ThePsychohistorians" and "Literature/MimsyWereTheBorogoves", and Creator/LeonardNimoy reads [[AdaptationDistillation abridged]] versions of ''Literature/TheMartianChronicles'' and "Literature/TheGreenHillsOfEarth".
* ComicBookAdaptation: ''Manga/GingaTeikokuKouboushi'': The Asimov estate authorized a small Japanese manga company (Creator/SideRanch) to produce this manga-style adaptation to the ''Literature/{{Foundation|Series}}'' series.
* TheFuture: This series takes place in a galactic civilization so old that concepts like the laws of thermodynamics are considered to be "prehistoric" in origin. The origin of the human species is unknown; characters speculate on which part of the galaxy the oldest settlements are in, and some scientists propose that humans evolved independently on thousands of different worlds. Earth does eventually turn out to be the home of the human race, but this never becomes common knowledge. The first book takes place about [[TenThousandYears 25,000 years from now]].
* GalacticSuperpower: [[Creator/IsaacAsimov Dr Asimov's]] franchise begins in a Milky Way with millions of inhabited planets. These planets are all ruled by Trantor, the inhabited planet closest to the galactic core. [[VestigialEmpire As the government's ability to function declines]], a new colony is built on Terminus, a planet at the outermost edge of the galaxy. Hari Seldon [[ThePlan plans]] for this world to become the nucleus of a Second Galactic Empire, [[RisingEmpire rising to conquer the entire galaxy]] within 1,000 years. The series only covers [[DashedPlotLine a few centuries]] before a GalacticConqueror with [[OutsideContextProblem unforeseen abilities]] disrupts Seldon's Plan.
* {{Narrator}}:
** ''Manga/GingaTeikokuKouboushi'': The original works constantly use an omniscient third-person narration to establish character thoughts and body language, but this adaptation greatly restricts its use (not counting the ''[[EncyclopediaExposita Encyclopedia Galactica]]'' entry at the start of each storyarc). When there is narration, the text is rendered in a rectangular box.
** ''Radio/TheFoundationTrilogy'': The ''[[EncyclopediaExposita Encyclopedia Galactica]]'' is read by a narrator with [[StockSoundEffects a teletype machine in the background]] and in a [[ComputerVoice monotone voice artificially adjusted to sound more computery]]. The original work's third-person narration is removed, [[NarratingTheObvious leaving characters to comment on each other's actions]].
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