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Prelude to Foundation by Isaac Asimov:
Science Fiction Inventions, Technology and Ideas
In this novel, Asimov provides background on Hari Seldon, the founding psychohistorian of the Foundation books. Seldon decides that he needs to start with something a bit smaller than the entire Empire, perhaps the origin world of humans - a piece of knowledge now lost. Select an invention:
Air-Taxi - hail the skies |
Book-Film - literary storage |
Dainties - tasty spheres |
Gravitic Lift |
Head-Molding Skincaps - |
Jet-Down - explore planets |
Microfarm |
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