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{{Short description|1988 novel by Isaac Asimov}}
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{{Infobox book
| name             = Prelude to Foundation
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| image            = Prelude to Foundation cover.jpg
| caption          = Cover of the first edition
| author           = [[Isaac Asimov]]
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| cover_artist     = [[Boris Vallejo]]<ref>[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?130141 Publication Listing]. Isfdb.org. Retrieved on 2013-11-02.</ref>
| country          = United States
| language         = English
| series           = [[Foundation Series|''Foundation'' Series]]
| subject          = 
| genre            = [[Science fiction]]
| publisher        = [[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday]]
| pub_date         = November 1988
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| media_type       = Print (hardcover and paperback)
| pages            = 403
| isbn             = 0-385-23313-2 
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| preceded_by      = [[Blind Alley]]
| followed_by      = [[Forward the Foundation]]
}}
'''''Prelude to Foundation''''' is a  novel  by American writer [[Isaac Asimov]], published in 1988. It is one of two prequels to the [[Foundation (book series)|''Foundation'' series]]. For the first time, Asimov chronicles the fictional life of [[Hari Seldon]], the man who invented [[Psychohistory (fictional science)|psychohistory]] and the intellectual hero of the series. The novel was nominated for the [[Locus Award]].<ref name="WWE-1989">{{cite web
| url = http://www.worldswithoutend.com/books_year_index.asp?year=1989
| title = 1989 Award Winners & Nominees
| work = Worlds Without End
| access-date=2009-09-13
}}</ref>