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The End of Eternity

  • 255 pages · about 4 hours
  • First published 1955
  • 62 editions

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1 About this book

The story of temporal engineers who meta-regulate the history of humanity through the centuries, eliminating risk, adventure, and space travel in the process. One man rebels in order to save the existence of someone he loves, and in the end the time bureaucracy is destroyed for the sake of individuality and human achievement. The theme is the opposite of the Foundation stories, where the central planners and manipulators of humanity always dominate.

Good for readers who want: science fiction and time travel.

  • Science fiction
  • Time travel
  • Alternate History

2 About Isaac Asimov

1920–1992

Isaac Asimov ( AZ-im-ov; c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. During his lifetime, Asimov was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers, along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke. He wrote or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 90,000 letters and postcards.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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