FOUNDATION.

• Author: Suderman, Peter
• Position: TV

The central conflict in Isaac Asimov's classic science fiction trilogy, Foundation, is between science and the state. Composed from a series of linked short stories originally published between 1942 and 1950, the books follow the creation of a scientific outpost, the Foundation, meant to preserve knowledge during a predicted collapse of the ruling Galactic Empire. The book's heroes are scientists who (sometimes grudgingly) learn they must practice politics-or at least work within its limitations--in order to survive.

Foundation, a lavishly produced Apple TV+ series based on Asimov's books, is less of a direct adaptation and more of an expansion on the original stories...