The Elements Of Science Fiction In Asimov's Foundation
The Elements of Science Fiction in Asimov's Foundation
The Elements of Science Fiction in Asimov's Foundation
[This essay explores those characteristics of the novel Foundation, which are peculiar to the genre of Science Fiction.]
The most fundamental and obvious element of Science Fiction is its dependence on imagined technological advancements. The SF writer exploits the gap between scientific theory and practice to create a world, or at least circumstances, very different from our own reality and yet very believable because of the scientific logic' behind it all. The SF writer must provide some kind of scientific explanation as to how the fantastic things that are being talked about have been made possible. Asimov, in his novel Foundation, introduces hyper-spatial travel based on the concept of hyper-space, to make the existence of the Galactic Empire possible. Nuclear power supplies the energy requirements and the use of coal and oil, as Salvor Hardin says in the......
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