Remember

As a child, there were few books that gave me as much enjoyment as those of the late Dr. Isaac Asimov. Not only were his fiction stories great, but his educational non-fiction books were almost my entire education, as paying attention in class was beyond me. And we had no pills to end daydreaming back then!

But I enjoyed his books, and he wrote on every subject, so I could learn math and history, biology and astronomy, and many more topics.

But it is his fiction work "The Foundation Trilogy" that has inspired this site, and like a character named Janov Pelorat, given me a life work. I, like Hari Seldon, though without his Psychohistorical Mathematics, have been concerned about the possibility of the knowledge being lost.

To that end, I started The Encyclopedia Foundation, the very name the group of scientists in Asimov's series chose. It's purpose is to preserve books. As one means to that end, it will also be helping those who are in need of shelter for a variety of reasons from homelessness to social problems.

We have purchased a condemned house and completely renovated it. We have purchased a second home right next door to it and are renovating that. We will have the means to assist many people, and in so doing will also be providing a safe haven for storing the collected knowledge of mankind.

For make no mistake, while it is an ambitious project, we fully intend to transcribe, on metal plates/discs, as comprehensive a collection of knowledge as has ever been, short of a library. And what we might lack in quantity, we will make up for in quality. Not all books at the Library of Congress are worth preserving, after all.

"The Terminus Times", named after the location that Asimov's Encyclopedia Foundation was set in, will in part be an update on what the Foundation has done, is doing, and will do. But as the site itself covers most of that, it will mainly be a commentary on a variety of news topics and social issues, related to concerns and ideas of our Foundation and our Directors.

We hope you enjoy it!