Title: Founding Father

Title: Founding Father Title Record # 52473
Author: Isaac Asimov
Date: 1965-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
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Language: English
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Translations

Year	Language	Title
1966^ⓘTranslated by Enrica La Viola	Italian	I fondatori
1966^ⓘTranslated by René Lathière	French	Le père d'un monde^?Le pere d'un monde
1967^ⓘTranslated by Thomas Schlück	German	Das letzte Mittel
1976^ⓘTranslated by Beata Della Frattina	Italian	I fondatori
1977^ⓘTranslated by Roderick van Rhyn	Dutch	Stamvader
1977^ⓘTranslated by Anne Villelaur	French	Le fondateur
1977^ⓘTranslated by Walter Brumm	German	Landung ohne Wiederkehr
1981^ⓘTranslated by Jean A. Schalekamp	Dutch	Oprichter
1987^ⓘTranslated by Uwe Anton	German	Gründervater^?Gruendervater
1992^ⓘTranslated by Dan Iordache and Dan Merișca	Romanian	Întemeitorul
1993^ⓘTranslated by Carlos Gardini.	Spanish	Padre fundador
1998^ⓘTranslated by Mihai-Dan Pavelescu	Romanian	Întemeietorii^?Intemeietorii

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
Nomination	1966 Nebula	Short Story

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Galaxy Magazine, October 1965	1965-10-00	ed. Frederik Pohl	Galaxy Publishing Corporation		$0.60^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	196	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	Pederson
Urania #419	1966-01-16	ed. Carlo Fruttero, Franco Lucentini	Mondadori	419	Lit 200^?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	128	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	Karel Thole
Galaxie (2ème série), #26	1966-06-00	ed. Alain Dorémieux^?Alain Doremieux	OPTA		F2.50^?F: French frank. ISO code: FRF in 1960-1999	164	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	Ed Emshwiller
Galaxy 9	1967-09-00	ed. Walter Ernsting	Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3103)	3103	DM 2.40^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	159	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	Karl Stephan
Backdrop of Stars	1968-03-00	ed. Harry Harrison	Dennis Dobson	0-234-77057-0	25/-^?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).	222	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Richard Weaver (artist)
SF: Authors' Choice	1968-06-00	ed. Harry Harrison	Berkley Medallion	S1567	$0.75^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	224	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	Paul Lehr
Themes in Science Fiction: A Journey Into Wonder	1972-00-00	ed. Leo P. Kelley	McGraw-Hill (Patterns in Literary Art)	0-07-033504-4		iii+ 428	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.	anth
Science Fact/Fiction	1974-00-00	ed. Edmund J. Farrell, Thomas E. Gage, John Pfordresher, Raymond J. Rodrigues	Scott, Foresman and Company (The Man in Literature Program)	0-673-03407-0		xv+ 394	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.	anth	Jack Youngerman
Backdrop of Stars	1975-05-00	ed. Harry Harrison	New English Library	0-450-02269-2	£0.40^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	204	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
Buy Jupiter and Other Stories	1975-09-00	Isaac Asimov	Doubleday	0-385-05077-1	$5.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	206	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Michael Flanagan
Buy Jupiter and Other Stories	1975-10-00	Isaac Asimov	Doubleday & Company / SFBC	1340	$2.49^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	206	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Michael Flanagan
Buy Jupiter and Other Stories	1976-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Panther	0-586-04398-5	£0.60^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	255	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.	coll	Peter Jones
Buy Jupiter and Other Stories	1976-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Gollancz	0-575-02078-4	£3.20^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	206	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Urania #699	1976-06-20	ed. Carlo Fruttero, Franco Lucentini	Mondadori	699	Lit 600^?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	144	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	Karel Thole
Sterren stralen overal	1977-00-00	ed. Warner Flamen	Meulenhoff (M=SF #122)	90-290-0975-6		281	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	Paul Lehr
Buy Jupiter and Other Stories	1977-01-00	Isaac Asimov	Fawcett Crest	0-449-23062-7	$1.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	238	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.	coll	George Tsui
Buy Jupiter and Other Stories	1977-01-00	Isaac Asimov	Fawcett Crest	0-449-23062-7	C$1.50^?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD	238	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.	coll	George Tsui
Cher Jupiter et autres nouvelles	1977-03-11	Isaac Asimov	Denoël^?Denoel ( Présence du Futur^?Presence du Futur #233)			184	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.	coll	Stéphane Dumont^?Stephane Dumont
Buy Jupiter and Other Stories	1977-07-00	Isaac Asimov	Panther / Granada	0-586-04398-5	£0.75^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	255	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.	coll	Peter Jones
Landung ohne Wiederkehr	1977-08-23	Isaac Asimov	Pabel (Terra Taschenbuch #291)	TTB291	DM 3.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	161	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.	coll	David Bergen
Buy Jupiter and Other Stories	1978-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Fawcett Crest	0-449-23828-8	$1.75^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	238	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.	coll
De beste science fiction verhalen van Meulenhoff	1978-00-00	ed. Mark Carpentier Alting	Meulenhoff (M=SF #141)	90-290-0549-1		388	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.	anth	Chris Foss
Testi e Note. Volume secondo	1978-10-00	Isaac Asimov	Mondadori (Oscar)	15756-0	Lit 2,250^?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	288	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.	coll	Karel Thole
Buy Jupiter and Other Stories	1979-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Panther	0-586-04398-5	£0.85^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	255	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.	coll	Peter Jones
Cher Jupiter et autres nouvelles	1979-10-25	Isaac Asimov	Denoël^?Denoel ( Présence du Futur^?Presence du Futur #233)			184	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.	coll	Stéphane Dumont^?Stephane Dumont
Buy Jupiter and Other Stories	1980-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Fawcett Crest	0-449-23828-8	$1.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	238	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.	coll
Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction	1980-03-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander, Frederik Pohl	Playboy Press	0-87223-568-8	$10.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xiii+ 465	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Tommy Soloski
Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction	1980-07-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander, Frederik Pohl	Playboy Press / SFBC	3888	$6.98^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xv+ 481	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Tommy Soloski
Buy Jupiter and Other Stories	1981-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Granada	0-586-04398-5	£1.25^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	255	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.	coll	Peter Jones
Het kosmisch biljart	1981-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Bruna (Zwarte beertjes #1984)	90-449-1984-9	ƒ9.90^?ƒ: Dutch guilder. ISO code: NLG in 1810s-1999	283	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.	coll	Eddie Jones
Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction	1981-04-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander, Frederik Pohl	Wideview Books	0-87223-647-1	$7.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xiii+ 465	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.	anth	Tommy Soloski
Avontuur in ruimte & tijd, #1	1981-05-00	ed. Editors of Avontuur in ruimte & tijd	De Tijdruimte		ƒ2.50^?ƒ: Dutch guilder. ISO code: NLG in 1810s-1999	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	Peter Elson
Galaxy: Volume 2	1981-11-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander, Frederik Pohl	Playboy Paperbacks	0-87216-926-X	$2.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	238	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
Buy Jupiter and Other Stories	1982-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Granada	0-586-04398-5		255	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.	coll	Peter Jones
Starships	1983-05-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh	Fawcett Crest / Ballantine	0-449-20126-0	$3.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	342	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	Rick Sternbach
Starships	1983-05-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh	Fawcett Crest / Ballantine	0-449-20126-0	C$4.25^?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD	342	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	Rick Sternbach
Landung ohne Wiederkehr	1983-09-00	Isaac Asimov	Moewig (Utopia Classics #57)	UC57	DM 5.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	160	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.	coll	Nikolai Lutohin
Buy Jupiter and Other Stories	1984-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Panther	0-586-04398-5	£1.95^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	255	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.	coll	Peter Jones
Testi e Note	1985-04-00	Isaac Asimov	Mondadori (Urania Blu #4)	4	Lit 3,500^?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	188	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.	coll	Karel Thole
Oneindig moment: Een kennismaking met het ongewone verhaal	1986-00-00	ed. uncredited	Meulenhoff	90-290-2488-7		203	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.	anth	Tim White
Sternenschiffe (2)	1987-04-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh	Ullstein (Ullstein Science Fiction & Fantasy #31145)	3-548-31145-8	DM 9.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	168	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	Stuart Hughes (artist)
Testi e Note. Volume secondo	1987-07-00	Isaac Asimov	Mondadori (Oscar #1997)	88-04-30483-9		288	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.	coll	Anna Montecroci
Buy Jupiter and Other Stories	1988-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Grafton	0-586-04398-5	£2.50^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	255	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.	coll	Peter Jones
Buy Jupiter and Other Stories	1988-02-00	Isaac Asimov	VGSF / Gollancz	0-575-04199-4	£2.95^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	206	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.	coll	John Harris
Op z'n best!: De vijfentwintig mooiste SF en fantasy verhalen	1992-00-00	ed. unknown	Meulenhoff				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.	anth
Quasar, 1/1992	1992-00-00	ed. Mihai Bădescu^?Mihai Badescu , Dan Merișca^?Dan Merisca Dan Merishca , Sorin Simion	PROCONSF		Lei 80^?Lei: Romanian leu. ISO codes: ROK in 1947-1952, ROL in 1952-2005, RON since 2005	44	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.	mag	Nicolae Nicolaev
The Complete Stories, Volume 2	1992-02-00	Isaac Asimov	Foundation / Doubleday	0-385-42078-1	$14.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	ix+ 550	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.	coll	Barclay Shaw
The Complete Stories, Volume 2	1992-05-00	Isaac Asimov	Doubleday Foundation / SFBC	17907	$7.98^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	ix+ 635	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Barclay Shaw
Cuentos completos II	1993-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Ediciones B (Éxito Internacional #142)	84-406-3787-X			hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Complete Stories, Volume 2	1994-01-00	Isaac Asimov	HarperCollins (UK)	0-00-224150-1	£16.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	550	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Starships	1995-03-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh	Fawcett Crest / Ballantine	0-449-00748-0	$19.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	342	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.	anth	Rick Sternbach
Întemeietorii^?Intemeietorii	1998-00-00	Isaac Asimov	Editura Teora (Sci-Fi (Editura Teora) #28)	973-601-717-6	Lei 20,000^?Lei: Romanian leu. ISO codes: ROK in 1947-1952, ROL in 1952-2005, RON since 2005	210	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.	coll	Chris Moore
Cher Jupiter et autres nouvelles	1999-05-00	Isaac Asimov	Denoël^?Denoel ( Présence du Futur^?Presence du Futur #233)	2-207-24918-2		184	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.	coll	Fred Sorrentino
Buy Jupiter	2000-02-00	Isaac Asimov	Millennium	1-85798-941-4	£6.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	224	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.	coll	John Harris
Cher Jupiter	2016-12-12	Isaac Asimov	Denoël^?Denoel (Folio SF #563)	978-2-07-046741-9		372	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.	coll	Karim Friha
The Complete Stories, Volume 2	unpublished	Isaac Asimov	Foundation / Doubleday	0-385-42079-X			hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Buy Jupiter and Other Stories	date unknown	Isaac Asimov	Fawcett Crest	0-449-23062-7	$1.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	238	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.	coll	George Tsui

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