Asimov's 'Prelude to Foundation' audiobook - Part 1/4 (Abridged) Read by David Dukes

It is the year 12,020 GE and Emperor Cleon I sits uneasily on the Imperial throne of Trantor. Here in the great multidomed capital of the Galactic Empire, 40 billion people have created a civilization of unimaginable technological and cultural complexity. Yet Cleon knows there are those who would see him fall - those whom he would destroy if only he could read the future.
Hari Seldon has come to Trantor to deliver his paper on psychohistory, his remarkable theory of prediction. Little does the young Outworld mathematician know that he has already sealed his fate and the fate of humanity. For Hari possesses the prophetic power that makes him the most wanted man in the Empire...the man who holds the key to the future - an apocalyptic power to be known forever after as the Foundation.
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[@TrailblazingScot]

Thank you for uploading these. Had an itch to hear this again.

[@asimovabridged3031]

You're welcome! Glad you enjoy this!

[@aneyesky]

THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS! all caps due to my excitement 😁

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You are very welcome! So glad you are enjoying these!

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(ALL CAPS! 😀)

[@JaneAustenAteMyCat]

This is the one I've been looking for for donkeys' years! I first heard this after borrowing it from the library in the 90s as a teen. It was a wonderful introduction to Asimov. Thank you so much for posting! 💚💚💚

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You are very welcome! I'm so glad that you enjoy these!

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Fantastic

[@jwarmstrong]

The future can only be guessed at and everyone would like to know some of it - knowing any small part of the future could make you very rich

[@thomasciarlariello]

My professor Dr. Lin from Chengdu Sichuan used to say similar while a physics professor said similar to debunk psychics.

[@oriolesfan61]

I don't like that's abridged. But this is only audiobook free here. Well done.

[@amehak1922]

This is skipping alot of stuff

[@sid2112]

Yeah, you might say it's.... abridged...

[@risingsun1604]

The channel says abridged 😊😊