Title: The Story Behind the Foundation

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]
1987^ⓘTranslated by Heinz Nagel	German	Die Geschichte hinter der Foundation (Die Rückkehr zur Erde)
1987^ⓘTranslated by Jan Koesen	Dutch	Het verhaal achter de Foundation
1987^ⓘTranslated 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
Foundation and Earth	1986-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Doubleday / BCE			356	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Alan Wallerstein
Zadužbina i Zemlja^?Zaduzbina i Zemlja	1986-00-00	Isak Asimov	Polaris Beograd (SF biblioteka Polaris)			355	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	Angus McKie
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
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
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
De Foundation en Aarde	1987-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Bruna	90-229-5516-8		418	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Die Rückkehr zur Erde	1987-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Heyne (Heyne Allgemeine Reihe #6861)	3-453-00259-8	DM 12.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	479	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	Les Edwards
Fondazione e Terra	1987-05-00	Isaac Asimov	Mondadori (Altri Mondi #7)	88-04-30192-9	Lit 22,000^?Lit: Italian lira	402	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Oscar Chichoni
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
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
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
De Foundation en Aarde	1990-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Bruna	90-229-7939-3		418	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
Urania #1131	1990-07-15	ed. Giuseppe Lippi	Mondadori	1131	Lit 4,500^?Lit: Italian lira	304	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	Vicente Segrelles
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
De Foundation en Aarde	1993-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Bruna	90-229-8130-4		418	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
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
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
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	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
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
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

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