


The three Empire books, first published between 19, are Asimov's three earliest novels published in his own name ( David Starr, Space Ranger was published before The Currents of Space, but had been published under his pen name "Paul French", and the Foundation books were collections of linked short stories rather than continuous novels). (However, Asimov stated in 1988 in the "Author's Note" to Prelude to Foundation that book #6 was "The Currents of Space" (1952), and that this was "the first of my Empire novels," and that book #7 was "The Stars, Like Dust" (1951), which was " second Empire novel.") " Blind Alley" (1945), a short story also set between the Robot and Foundation series.Pebble in the Sky (1950), his first novel.In order of internal chronology the Empire series consists of:

They are connected by their early place in his published works and chronological placement within his overarching Foundation universe, set around the rise of Asimov's Galactic Empire, between the Robot and Foundation series to which they were linked in Asimov's later novels. The Galactic Empire series (also called the Empire novels or trilogy) is a science fiction sequence of three of Isaac Asimov's earliest novels, and extended by one short story. Science fiction trilogy of Isaac Asimov's earliest novels, extended by a short story Galactic Empire series Author
