4.2 Did Isaac Asimov really write Forward the Foundation ? Didn'the die before it was done, so somebody else really wrote it up fromnotes?
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This article is from the Isaac Asimov FAQ, by Edward J. Seiler ejseiler@earthlink.net and John H. Jenkins jenkins@mac.com with numerous contributions by others.
4.2 Did Isaac Asimov really write Forward the Foundation ? Didn'the die before it was done, so somebody else really wrote it up fromnotes?
Yes, Asimov really wrote all of Forward the Foundation .
Forward the Foundation was originally planned to be a series of novellas,
bridging the chronological gap between Prelude to Foundation and
Foundation . The first three were completed long before Asimov died and
published in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine.
Asimov had completed draft material for the remainder of the book before
his death. This material required some editing by Doubleday and Asimov's
widow, Janet, before the book was published, but even Asimov was rarely
published with no editing at all, and there was no significant expansion of
incomplete sections done. The final result is correctly characterized as
being "by Isaac Asimov."
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