Asimov Timeline - Second Foundation, Search by the Foundation

This page contains spoilers about Second Foundation. Those who haven't read this book and plan to read it should exit immediately. When I refer to a book, it will be by chronological (inner chronology) and (optionally) part and chapter. For example, F2 Part1 Ch3 means Foundation and Empire, The General, Chapter 3, while F-1 means Prelude to Foundation.

This page is under construction. Help would be greatly appreciated.

The Timeline

This timeline uses Galactic units of Time and Terminus local time. It seems that an Year-Month-Day system was kept during (and after) the Empire, together with local systems. Refer to my main Asimov page for more details.

I had to ignore some data from the book, otherwise making a timeline would be impossible, due to internal contradictions. OTOH, Lalaith has a book edition that significantly differs from mine. We don't know which one - if any - should be considered more canonical.

I mentioned the contradictions that I found and the corrections that I applied in the Asimov Errors Page.

Like my other timelines, I will put some arrows to help the reader follow some characters. However, I decided to represent uncertainty by a color code, from green, representing a direct quote from the canon, to red, when the canon can only give an approximate date. Or: Error > 10 Years, Error 1-9 Years, Error in the Month, Error in the Day, Exact Day (even if it's not clear by which Calendar!).

362-05-11

Birth of Arkady Darell, on Trantor (F3 Part2 Ch7. The date is given as 11,5,362, without any indication that this is the classic mode or the middle-endian mode. The context of the book makes it clear that it must be the classic mode)

376-01

Lord Stettin seizes power in Kalgan (5 months before F3 Part2 Ch12)

376-05-12

Poli's vacation begins (F3 Part2 Ch7. I have to take this to mean a short month)

376-05-13

Pelleas Anthor crashes into Arkady's bedroom (F3 Part2 Ch7, two days after her birthday. This date is probably in Terminus Local Time)

First Speaker and Student's first meeting (F3 Part2 Ch8)

376-05-20

The Conspirators meet in Toran's house (F3 Part2 Ch9, 7th evening after F3 Part2 Ch7. Again, this date is probably in Terminus Local Time)

First Speaker and Student's second meeting (F3 Part2 Ch10)

376-06-04

Poli's month vacation ends and she discovers that Arkady has left with Uncle Homir Munn (F3 Part2 Ch11 and F3 Part2 Ch16 32 Terminus days before the War begins)

376-06-11

Arkady and Homir Munn arrive on Kalgan (F3 Part2 Ch12)

376-06

Homir Munn studies the Mule's Palace (F3 Part2 Ch13 and Ch14)

376-06-26

Arkady escapes from Lord Stettin's Palace (F3 Part2 Ch14)

Arkady escapes with Preem Palver to Trantor (F3 Part2 Ch15)

376-07-03

The Stettinian War begins (F3 Part2 Ch16: 185th day of the Year, the uncertainty comes from the fact that I don't know how many days there are in each Galactic Month)

376-08

The Major of Terminus and Lord Stettin make plans for the War (F3 Part2 Ch17)

376-10

Arkady suggests that Preem Palver should go to Terminus (F3 Part2 Ch18: Arkady had been on Trantor more than three months)

377-01-03

Battle of Quoriston (F3 Part2 Ch19)

377-01-08

Homir Munn leaves Kalgan to negotiate a Peace Treaty (F3 Part2 Ch19)

377-03-02

Kalgan surrenders (F3 Part2 Ch20: 62nd day of Year 377)

377-03-14

Final meeting of the Conspirators (F3 Part2 Ch20: a few weeks after Victory Day and 10 months after their first meeting)